IT'S THURSDAY THE 25th OF JULY. MORENA, THIS IS BREAKFAST. WELCOME EVERYONE. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS JUST NORMAL FOR DANIEL AND I. SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE YOU THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMPANY. A PACKED SHOW THIS MORNING. FIRSTLY, NEWS OUT OF PARIS, WITH A TWIST IN THE OLYMPICS DRONE SPYING SAGA. TWO CANADIAN TEAM OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT AND THE HEAD COACH STOOD DOWN FROM THE NZ FOOTBALL MATCH. SHORTLY, WE'RE CROSSING LIVE TO OUR TEAM ON THE GROUND FOR THE LATEST, AND UPDATE YOU ON THE KIWI TEAMS WHO'VE PLAYED TODAY. ALSO, FROM 7 O'CLOCK ` A NATIONAL DISGRACE. THE DETAILS OF THE ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED INSTITUTIONS REVEAL THE HARROWING SCALE OF TRAUMA. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF THOSE ENTRUSTED WITH THEIR SAFETY. WITH THE REPORT NOW OUT, ATTENTION TURNS TO THE RESPONSE AND REDRESS FROM THE GOVERNMENT. WE SPEAK WITH SURVIVORS ABOUT WHAT THEY WANT, AFTER 7. AND LATER ON THE SHOW ` WE ASK HOW MUCH FOOD IS TOO MUCH FOOD WHEN YOU'RE FEEDING YOUR PETS? THE CONSEQUENCES FOR ONE WOMAN WHO OVERFED HER DOG. AND SPEAKING OF FOOD, MASTERCHEF JUDGE POH LING YEOW IS IN THE COUNTRY, AND JOINING US FOR A CHAT FROM THE FOOD SHOW. HARRY IS MY PACK. I LIKE PEZZA. THAT'S AFTER 8am. A BUSY, BUSY SHOW. RIGHT NOW IT'S 6 O'CLOCK. HERE'S WENDY WITH THE NEWS. TWO CANADIAN OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN KICKED OUT OF THE PARIS OLYMPICS, OVER THE SPYING SCANDAL INVOLVING THE NEW ZEALAND WOMEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM. A SECOND INCIDENT HAS ALSO BE REVEALED, WHEN A DRONE WAS FLOWN OVER THE NEW ZEALAND TEAM WHILE THEY TRAINED. AN ASSISTANT COACH AND AN ANALYST HAVE BOTH BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CANADIAN TEAM AND WILL BE SENT HOME IMMEDIATELY, AS PART OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED BY THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. HEAD COACH BEV PRIESTMAN WILL ALSO STAND DOWN FROM CANADA'S MATCH AGAINST NEW ZEALAND TONIGHT. IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. I OFFERED STRAIGHT AWAY FOR MY VOLUNTARY REMOVAL FROM THE GAME. AND AGAIN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO APOLOGISE TO OUR COUNTRY, BUT ALSO TO NEW ZEALAND. YOU KNOW, THERE'S DETAILS REGARDING THIS MOMENT, BUT I THINK` AND THOSE DON'T NECESSARILY SIT DIRECTLY WITH ME, BUT ULTIMATELY I AM ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY ACTION THAT HAPPENS INSIDE OF THIS CAMP. THE NZOC SAYS IT'S SUPPORTING NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL AS IT EXPEDITES THE MATTER THROUGH FIFA'S DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE. AND WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THE SCANDAL FROM THE 1 NEWS TEAM IN PARIS, RIGHT AFTER WEATHER. AND THE COMPETITION IS UNDERWAY IN PARIS, WITH NEW ZEALAND OFF TO A WINNING START. THE MEN'S SEVENS TEAM HAVE OPENED THEIR ACCOUNT WITH A 40-12 VICTORY OVER JAPAN. THE TOKYO SILVER MEDALLISTS CROSSING FOR SIX TRIES. THEY'LL BE BACK IN ACTION LATER THIS MORNING AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. AND THE MEN'S FOOTBALLERS HAVE SCORED A 2-1 WIN OVER GUINEA IN THEIR FIRST GROUP MATCH. CAPTAIN MATTHEW GARBETT OPENING THE SCORING BEFORE BEN WAINE NETTED THE WINNER IN THE 76th MINUTE. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS SET TO MAKE AN ADDRESS FROM THE OVAL OFFICE TODAY. THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO GIVE MORE DETAIL ON HIS DECISION TO ABANDON HIS RE-ELECTION BID IN THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SPEECH. PRESIDENT BIDEN RETURNED TO PUBLIC DUTIES EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER COMING OUT OF ISOLATION FROM COVID. THOUSANDS OF PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS HAVE GATHERED AT THE U.S. CAPITOL AHEAD OF A VISIT FROM ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. NETANYAHU IS SET TO ADDRESS CONGRESS TODAY IN AN ATTEMPT TO BOLSTER BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA. HE'S FACED MOUNTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE OVER THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN DEATHS AND HIS INABILITY TO FREE THE HOSTAGES TAKEN BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7th. SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE DEMOCRATS ARE PLANNING TO BOYCOTT NETANYAHU'S APPEARANCE. SECURITY AROUND THE CAPITOL HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY HEIGHTENED. A NEW DISCOVERY HAS BEEN MADE WHICH COULD INFLUENCE THE FUTURE OF CANCER TREATMENTS. RESEARCHERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO HAVE FOUND THE TUMOUR SUPPRESSING PROTEIN 'P16' CAN BE SWITCHED FROM A PROTECTIVE TO A DYSFUNCTIONAL STATE, LOSING ITS ABILITY TO PREVENT UNCONTROLLED CELL DIVISION. THE LEAD RESEARCHER SAYS THE CHANGES WERE NOT BELIEVED POSSIBLE UNTIL NOW. SO IT'S SOME KIND OF SWITCH, REALLY. THE PROTEIN CAN CHOOSE WHERE IT WANTS TO GO INTO ` THE ACTIVE OR INACTIVE STATE. AND WE THINK THAT THAT CANCERS EXPLOIT THAT FUNCTIONALITY. SO CANCERS MAKE THE PROTEIN GO INTO THAT AMYLOID STATE TO MAKE IT INACTIVE. AND THAT IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW, THE CONCEPT OF AMYLOID IN TUMOURS IS SOMETHING THAT HASN'T REALLY BEEN DISCOVERED BEFORE AND WASN'T REALLY THOUGHT OF OF BEING POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S WHY THE FINDING WAS QUITE SURPRISING TO US WHEN WE DISCOVERED THAT. THE TEAM DAYS THE DISCOVERY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT THE TEAM SAYS THE DISCOVERY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF CANCER TREATMENT OPTIONS AND IMPROVE THE DIAGNOSIS OF VARIOUS CANCERS. ONE OF THE LARGEST GATHERINGS OF INTERNATIONAL DEFENCE AIR FORCES, HAS BEEN HALTED DUE TO AN AIR CRAFT CRASH. EXERCISE 'PITCH BLACK' IS BEING HOSTED BY THE AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE IN DARWIN, RUNNING FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS WITH 20 COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING. AUSTRALIA CORRESPONDENT AZIZ AL SA'AFIN SENT THIS REPORT FROM DARWIN. AROUND 4500 PERSONNEL FROM AROUND THE WORLD I HAD TO TAKE PART IN EXERCISE PITCH BLACK HAIR AT THE ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE BASE AND DARWIN. 65 OF THEM ARE FROM NEW ZEALAND, THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN VARIOUS OPERATIONS AND WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THEM AROUND. WE WILL ALSO BE INTERVIEWING THE AUSTRALIAN WING COMMANDER WHEN SHE GOT A NOTIFICATION ABOUT AN INCIDENT THAT HAD TAKEN PLACE. WE NOW KNOW THAT THAT HAD INVOLVED AN ITALIAN FIGHTER JET. THE PILOT OBJECTED HIMSELF FROM THE PLANE, WHICH THEN CRASHED INTO WATER. HE WAS THEN AIRLIFTED TO SAFETY AND TAKEN TO DARWIN HOSPITAL. TO SOME MORE SPORT, AND THE NEW ZEALAND PARALYMPIC TEAM HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR FLAGBEARERS FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY. SWIMMER CAMERON LESLIE AND LONG JUMPER ANNA GRIMALDI, WILL CARRY THE FLAG FOR AOTEAROA DURING THE OPENING OF THE GAMES. 11 FEMALE AND 14 MALE ATHLETES WILL REPRESENT NEW ZEALAND IN PARIS, WITH THE PARALYMPICS UNDERWAY ON AUGUST 29th. AND BREAKFAST WILL BE SPEAKING TO BOTH CAMERON AND ANNA JUST AFTER 7.30 THIS MORNING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` WHITIANGA, YOU'RE IN FOR A WARM, SUNNY DAY. AUCKLAND, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR MOST. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA. TAUPO, A FROSTY START TO YOUR MORNING. THAT WILL TURN BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON, KIRIKIRIROA. TO THE EAST COAST ` ANOTHER BRIGHT BLUE DAY ON THIS SIDE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. A SUNNY DAY FOR THE REGION. CLEAR SKIES FOR YOUR THURSDAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` TAUMARUNUI, YOU ARE WAKING UP TO EARLY MORNING FOG, CLEARING TO CLOUD LATER IN THE DAY. A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR WHANGANUI AND IN THE CAPITAL. 16 THE HIGH FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND LEVIN. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR NELSON, BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA. GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, EXPECT SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 IS YOUR HIGH, BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR THE MOST OF THE REGION. CHRISTCHURCH AND OAMARU ARE IN FOR BLUE SKIES. FROSTY START TO THE MORNING FOR ASHBURTON AND TIMARU, BUT YOU'LL GET SOME SUN AFTER LUNCH. 15 THE HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` EARLY MORNING SUN FOR QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN. SCATTERED CLOUDS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. MILFORD SOUND, EXPECT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS LATER IN THE DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. AS YOU HEARD IN OUR NEWS, THE OLYMPICS HAS BEEN SHAKEN BY A SPYING SCANDAL INVOLVING THE NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL TEAM. TEAM CANADA CAUGHT NOT ONCE BUT TWICE USING A DRONE TO CHECK OUT THE OLYWHITES' TRAININGS. EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON HAS THE LATEST ON THE SITUATION AND JOINS ME THIS MORNING. SO MUCH HAPPENING OVERNIGHT, MEI. BRING US UP TO SPEED ON WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW. THE MORNING. GOOD MORNING. A LOT HAS CHANGED SINCE I LAST TALKED TO YOU GUYS 24 HOURS AGO. YESTERDAY WE FOUND OUT THERE WAS AT LEAST ONE INCIDENT WHERE A DRONE WAS CAUGHT SPYING ON THE NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL FANS PLAYING. OVERNIGHT IT TURNS OUT THERE WAS AN INCIDENT JUST BEFORE THAT, WHERE A DRONE WAS ALSO FLYING OVER THE FOOTBALL FANS TRAINING CAMP. SINCE THEN THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS COME OUT AND SAID TWO OF THEIR STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SENT HOME. THE ANALYST THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF DRIVING THE DRONE, AND THE PERSON THAT HAD REPORTED, THE ASSISTANT COACH HAS ALSO BEEN SENT HOME. THE HEAD COACH HAS BEEN FORCED TO APOLOGISE ALSO. I'D JUST LIKE TO APOLOGISE TO OUR COUNTRY BUT ALSO TO NEW ZEALAND. YOU KNOW, THERE'S DETAILS REGARDING THIS MOMENT, BUT I THINK` AND THOSE DON'T NECESSARILY SIT DIRECTLY WITH ME, BUT, ULTIMATELY, I AM ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY ACTION THAT HAPPENS INSIDE OF THIS CAMP, AND FOR THAT MATTER, I THINK IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO STEP BACK. NOT ONLY HAS SHE STOOD DOWN FROM COACHING THE GAME, WHICH ONLY KICKS OFF IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. BUT ALSO, THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS SAID THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER AND THEY HAVE SAID THEY WILL TAKE FURTHER ACTION IS NECESSARY. IN FACT THEY HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE AND ABOUT HALF AN HOUR'S TIME. WHAT HAS THE REACTION BEEN? I WAS AT THAT NEWS CONFERENCE EARLIER TODAY, PARIS TIME, WHEN THE NEW ZEALAND ELEMENT COMMITTEE TURNED UP AND HE SUMMED UP IN A FEW WORDS, THEY SEEMED SHOCKED AND VERY DISAPPOINTED AND VERY SADDENED BY EVERYTHING THAT HAD HAPPENED. IT CAME AS A REAL SURPRISE TO EVERYBODY, ADD BROKE AT ABOUT MIDNIGHT PARIS TIME THAT ALL OF THIS HAD OCCURRED. THEY WERE WORKING ON VERY LITTLE SLEEP WHEN THEY WERE TALKING TO US ABOUT IT. THEY HAVE SAID THAT THIS IS AN INCIDENT THAT THEY DO NOT STAND FOR. IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT THIS INCIDENT IS AGAINST EVERYTHING WE WITHOUT VERY STRONG CULTURE AND VALUES, AND GOES AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT WE STAND FOR. THE OTHER PART IS THAT IT IS VERY UNCLEAR HOW MUCH FOOTAGE THE CANADIAN TEAM MANAGED TO GET A HOLD OF AND TERMS OF TRAINING, AND HOW THAT HAS IMPACTED THE CANADIAN TRAINING AND HOW IT WILL IMPACT THE MATCH TOMORROW. THE NEW ZEALAND SIDE HAVE SAID THAT THE FOOTBALL FANS THAT FEEL VERY SHAKEN BY THIS WHOLE THING, THAT IT HAS BEEN SUPER DISRUPTIVE AS WELL. SO FAR IT IS BEING INVESTIGATED, THERE HAS BEEN A RESPONSE FROM BOTH TEAMS, BUT ALSO LOTS OF OTHER BODIES HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING THIS. WILL THERE BE OTHER REPERCUSSIONS OUTSIDE WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN HANDED DOWN? I SUSPECT THERE WILL BE MORE REPERCUSSIONS. YOU ALSO HAVE THE OLYMPICS INTEGRITY UNIT INVESTIGATING, BUT IT HAS ALSO BEEN REFERRED TO FIFA. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL ARE FURIOUS ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED. THEY WANT FIFA DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE TO URGENTLY DEAL WITH THIS MATTER AND EXPEDITE THE PROCEEDINGS. IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT AN OUTCOME COULD BE. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THE CANADIAN TEAM WILL BE KICKED OUT OF THE TOURNAMENT. THAT WOULD BE QUITE A NUCLEAR OPTION. BEFORE THE GAME IS DUE TO START IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. OTHER THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN ARE THAT THERE COULD BE MORE DISCIPLINARY CONDUCT ISSUES FOR THE STAFFING AS WELL AS POSSIBLY SOME MONETARY FINES. FORGET THE SCANDAL. LET'S GET ON WITH THE ACTION. WHAT HAS ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN PARIS ON DAY ONE? YES, WELL BEFORE THE OLYMPIC CEREMONY HAS EVEN BEGUN THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GREAT RESULTS FOR US. JUST TO RECAP, THE NEW ZEALAND MEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM HAVE WON THEIR SECOND EVER OLYMPIC GAME. AGAINST GUINEA. THAT WAS 2-1. THE SEVENS ALSO BEAT JAPAN. AN HOUR AND 1/2 THEY WILL BE PLAYING THE SECOND MATCH AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA. THAT IS A REAL TEST FOR THEM. HOW WELL THEY DO THEIR WILL GIVE YOU A GREAT INDICATION OF HOW WELL THEY MIGHT DO OVERALL. TALKING ABOUT THE SCANDAL BEFORE, I THINK WHAT HAS REALLY UPSET THE NEW ZEALAND ELEMENT COMMITTEE IS THAT A SCANDAL LIKE THAT OVERSHADOWS SO MANY OTHER WONDERFUL STORIES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THESE GAMES. LET'S HOPE THAT THE SCANDAL GETS DEALT WITH QUICKLY AND MAYBE BY THE END OF TOMORROW'S GAME, WE WILL HAVE A CLEAR IDEA. SPEAKING OF, THE WONDERFUL MEI HERON JOINING US. THANK YOU. JUST QUICKLY. POWER RANKINGS WITH THE FOOTBALL. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN? WITH ALL DUE RESPECT MULTIPLE TEAM, I DID NOT THINK THAT WE WERE THAT GREAT TO BE SPIED ON. NEW ZEALAND IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POWDERY RANKINGS OF ALL 12 TEAMS THERE. CANADA IS SITTING AT SECOND PLACE. DESPERATE. THERE IS PRESSURE AND DESPERATION ON THE SIDE OF THE CANADIAN TEAM TO WIN A MEDAL, BRING HOME A GOLD MEDAL AND WHAT THE REVOCATIONS OF THAT MIGHT DO FOR THEIR SPORT AT HOME. IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING TO HEAR THE CANADIAN COACHES RESPONSE. TO SAY, I WAS NOT REALLY INVOLVED IN THOSE DECISIONS. BUT ULTIMATELY AS COACH I TAKE RESPONSE ABILITY. IT IS LIKE, I AM PUTTING MY HAND UP AND I'M ALSO PUTTING IT DOWN A LITTLE. I DON'T THINK THEY HAD ANY OTHER CHOICE BUT TO FRONT FOOT. THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE FRONT FOOTED IT. THE COACH HAS BEEN STOOD DOWN, TO OFFICIAL SECTOR. LET'S MOVE ON. LET'S NOT LET THE SCANDAL TAINT THE TOURNAMENT. WHAT IS NOT CLEAR IS HOW MUCH FOOTAGE THEY GOT, WE DO NOT KNOW HOW MUCH THEY GOT. DO WE WANT A NUCLEAR ISSUE OVER THIS? ALL OF CANADA'S TEAM HOME? ALL THE ATHLETES THAT TRYING SO HARD, OUT, GO HOME. CANADA WON GOLD IN TOKYO. SO THEY WANT TO GO BACK TO BACK. IT'S DESPERATION ISN'T IT. WHEN YOU ARE SPYING ON A 12TH RANKED TEAM. YOU EITHER USE IT AS MOTIVATION OR YOU LET IT AFFECT YOUR PREPARATION FOR THIS GAME. EVERYONE WILL BE WATCHING IT NOW. VERY EXCITING. STAY WITH US. COMING UP ` POWER BILLS ARE ONLY GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE. WE'VE GOT ALL THE TIPS AND TRICKS TO STAY WARM ON A BUDGET. WE'RE WELL INTO THE DEPTHS OF WINTER, SO NO DOUBT MOST OF US ARE LAYERING UP AND SPENDING MORE TIME IN DOORS. BUT WITH POWER BILLS ON THE RISE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK TWICE BEFORE CRANKING UP THE ELECTRIC BLANKET OR HEATER. SO WE'VE BROUGHT IN HOME AND RENO EXPERT JEN JONES TO EXPLAIN HOW TO KEEP WARM WITHOUT BREAKING THE BANK. MORENA. NICE OF YOU TO JOIN US. THANKS FOR HAVING ME BACK. TALK TO US ABOUT SOME OF YOUR HOME WARMING TIPS. WHAT ARE THEY? IF WE ARE THINKING ABOUT IT FROM A COST OF LIVING POINT. THEN LAYERING UP, MAYBE NOT USING THE ELECTRIC BLANKET, THINKING ABOUT HEAT SOURCES AS WELL, I KNOW THAT OIL HEATERS AT THE MOMENT ARE THE MOST ACCESSIBLE BUT THEY ALSO THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO RUN. OTHER THINGS LIKE, RUNNING YOUR HEATER MORE CONSISTENTLY AT A LOWER LEVEL AS OPPOSED TO ON AND OFF AT A HIGH LEVEL IS MORE ENERGY-EFFICIENT. AS WELL AS THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE DAMPNESS, THE MORE DAMP A HOME AS THE MORE POWER IT NEEDS TO HEAT. OPENING CURTAINS, OPENING WINDOWS IN THE MORNING, HOWEVER COUNTERINTUITIVE THAT MAY SOUND, TO LET THAT CONDENSATION GO AND RUNNING EXTRACTOR FANS IF YOU ARE COOKING OR IN THE SHOWER TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE KEEPING THE DAMPNESS LEVEL AS LOW AS POSSIBLE IN THE HOME. THAT IS TYPICALLY A BIG PART OF IT. CAN WE GO BACK TO HEATERS. WHAT KIND OF HEATERS ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE? WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO SWITCH THEM ON? THE MOST EFFECTIVE ENERGY EFFICIENCY HATER IS A HEAT PUMP. THE DIFFICULTY WITH THAT IS THAT THERE IS A BIT OF A CAPITAL EXPENDITURE THERE TO INSTALL ONE. OIL HEATERS CAN BE EFFECTIVE BUT THEY ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO RUN. I LIKE TO BE STRATEGIC WITH USING HEATING SOURCES. THINKING ABOUT THE WAY THAT I OPERATE AND A DAY AS, I AM UP QUITE EARLY WITH THE KIDS AND HOME AT A SIMILAR TIME, SO I USE PRESCHEDULED TIMER FEATURES TO RUN HATER AT SPECIFIC TIMES, AND THEN WHEN I GET HOME I CLOSE UP CURTAINS, LAYER UP, GET THE HOT WATER BOTTLES OUT FOR THE KIDS. WE UTILISE THE HEAT SOURCE DURING OFF-PEAK HOURS. THAT MEANS THAT WE PAY LESS PER KILOWATT PER HOUR FOR POWER, AND WE ARE ALSO NOT STRAINING THE ENERGY SOURCE FROM NONRENEWABLE SOURCE POINT AS WELL. THEN WE ARE KEEPING THE HEAT AND. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO AS WELL, LIKE PUTTING BREAKS DOWN, THOSE ARE SORT OF BIGGER PICTURE SOLUTIONS. MY WIFE AND I ALWAYS ARGUE ABOUT THIS, IS THE CONCEPT IS BETTER TO HEAT THE ROOM OR HATE YOURSELF BY PUTTING MORE CLOTHES ON. I AM THE LATTER, I PUT MY CLOTHES ON. IT IS A BALANCE. ON A REALLY COLD DAY YOU WANT TO BE COMFORTABLE. FIRST AND FOREMOST, CHUCK ON A LAYER, A BLANKET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND SAY THAT IS ENOUGH. AT IF YOU NEED MORE PUT A HEATER ON. YOU NEED TO BE STRATEGIC AND CLEVER ABOUT HOW YOU USE THOSE HEAT SOURCES. WHAT ARE YOUR BEST TIPS VIA BLINDS AND CURTAINS? DEFINITELY SOMETHING WORTH INVESTING IN. ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE DOUBLE GLAZING. YOU DO NOT WANT TO LOSE HATE THROUGH YOUR WINDOWS. HEAT. GETTING SOMEONE TO CHECK THE SEALS AROUND THE WINDOWS AS A GOOD INVESTMENT. MAKING SURE THAT YOUR CURTAINS AND BLINDS OUR FAMILY BACK, SO THAT THEY CAN HELP KEEP THAT HEAT AND. WHEN THEY ARE CLOSED. WARMER HOME WITH YOUR HATERS WHEN OFF-PEAK POWER IS ON, CLOSE THOSE BLINDS, AND CHUCK MORE LAYERS ON WHEN THE TEMPERATURE START TO DWINDLE. WHAT DO YOU THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE DOING WRONG? WE HAD THIS CONCEPT OF THE LESS WE USE OUR HEAT SOURCES, THE BETTER. TO A DEGREE, YES, BUT IF YOU ARE CONSTANTLY TURNING A HEAT SOURCE ON AND OFF AT A HIGH TEMPERATURE TO BLAST YOUR SPACE AND WOMAN UP QUICKLY, THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO USE MORE ENERGY THAN HAVING A HEAT SOURCE ON FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, AT SOMETHING LIKE 21 TO 22 . THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH CONSUMPTION IS GOING TO BE USED BY THE HEAT SOURCE IS IMPORTANT. I'M GLAD YOU TOUCHED ON TEMPERATURES. WITH HEAT PUMPS, THOSE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE ONE, WHAT TEMPERATURE SHOULD IT BE SAID THAT TO KEEP THE HOUSE WARM, BUT NOT TOO HOT OR TOO COLD? IT IS PROBABLY SUBJECTIVE. THEY SAY THAT THE MOST ENERGY-EFFICIENT MARKET IS AROUND THAT 22 MARK. I AM SOMEONE WHO LIKES TO FEEL I AM IN FIJI. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT FROM AN ENERGY CONSUMPTION POINT OF VIEW. IT IS SUBJECTIVE. EVERYBODY HAS DIFFERENT NEEDS. THE MORE BODIES YOU HAVE A HOUSE, THE WARMER IT IS GOING TO BE C DO NOT NEED TO NECESSARILY SUPPLEMENT THAT AS MUCH. SO GOOD. I GO FULL BLAST ON 25. IT IS COLD WHEN YOU GET UP AND YOU JUST WANT IT TO BE HATED STRAIGHTAWAY. AS YOU ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE A HEAT PUMP, CLOSE UP YOUR THERMAL CURTAINS TO KEEP IT IN. LAST NIGHT I JUST HAD TRACK PANTS, WOOLLY SOCKS AND A SWITCH IT ON WHEN I WENT TO BED. WE HAVE AN OLD HOUSE. THIS MAY BE A BOY THING, I'M WEARING A SWEATER AND THEN YOUR BOYS COME DOWN WITH NO TOP ON. AND YOU ARE LIKE, HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS? IT IS FREEZING. PUT A JERSEY ON, THAT IS WHY YOU GET SICK. PUT SOME PANTS ON, MATE, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD START. ME U TONU MAI ` WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THE BREAK WITH YOUR 6.30 NEWS. PLUS, WE WILL GET TO MORE OF YOUR FEEDBACK. STAY WITH US. THAT IS PRETTY. LOOK AT THAT. HOW FLASH ARE WE? BONJOUR. WHAT YOU SAY FOR GOOD MORNING? THE SAME THING. PARLEZ-VOUS ANGLAIS? THAT IS DO YOU SPEAK ENGLISH? THE FRENCH PEOPLE REALLY APPRECIATE IF YOU GIVE THE LANGUAGE AGO. BUT IF YOU COME AND GO IN, (AMERICAN ACCENT) WHERE CAN I FIND A RESTAURANT? THEY DO NOT LIKE THAT. ANYWAY, IT IS 6:30 AM. LET'S LISTEN TO WENDY'S ACCENT AS SHE READS THE NEWS. IT WILL NOT BE AN AMERICAN ACCENT. A SPYING SCANDAL INVOLVING NEW ZEALAND'S WOMEN'S FOOTBALLERS HAS SEEN TWO CANADIAN OFFICIALS KICKED OUT OF THE PARIS OLYMPICS. IT'S BEEN REVEALED A DRONE WAS FLOWN OVER THE NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL TEAM WHILE THEY TRAINED. AN ASSISTANT COACH AND AN ANALYST HAVE BOTH BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CANADIAN TEAM AND WILL BE SENT HOME IMMEDIATELY, AS PART OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED BY THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. HEAD COACH BEV PRIESTMAN WILL ALSO STAND DOWN FROM CANADA'S MATCH AGAINST NEW ZEALAND TONIGHT. IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. I OFFERED STRAIGHTAWAY FOR MY VOLUNTARY REMOVAL FROM THE GAME, AND, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO APOLOGISE TO OUR COUNTRY BUT ALSO TO NEW ZEALAND. THERE ARE DETAILS REGARDING THIS MOMENT, AND THOSE THAT DO NOT NECESSARILY SIT DIRECTLY WITH ME, BUT ULTIMATELY I AM ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY ACTION THAT HAPPENS INSIDE OF THIS CAMP. THE NZOC SAYS IT'S SUPPORTING NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL AS IT EXPEDITES THE MATTER THROUGH FIFA'S DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE. IT IS TRULY SHOCKING. WE DO PRIDE OURSELVES ON THAT, OUR INTEGRITY, SO IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED. IT HAS CLEARLY TAKEN AWAY FROM US IN AN ENERGY PERSPECTIVE, BUT AS THEY SAID, WE ARE REALLY DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR TEAM, AND WE HAVE NOT HAD A SMOOTH BUILDUP SO FAR, AND SO FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IS JUST ANOTHER HURDLE TO OVERCOME. ON THE PITCH, THE OLYMPICS ARE UNDERWAY, WITH NEW ZEALAND'S MEN'S SEVENS TEAM SCORING A BIG WIN OVER JAPAN IN THEIR OPENING GAME. THE KIWIS CROSSING FOR SIX TRIES IN THE COMFORTABLE 40 POINTS TO 12 VICTORY. NEW ZEALAND WILL BE BACK IN ACTION LATER THIS MORNING, AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IN THEIR SECOND MATCH. AND THE MEN'S FOOTBALLERS HAVE BEATEN GUINEA 2-1 IN THEIR FIRST GROUP MATCH. CAPTAIN MATTHEW GARBETT OPENING THE SCORING IN THE FIRST HALF BEFORE BEN WAINE PUT NEW ZEALAND BACK IN FRONT IN THE 76th MINUTE. IT'S BEEN LABELLED A 'SHAMEFUL CHAPTER' IN OUR HISTORY, BUT NOW SWEEPING CALLS FOR CHANGE HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE SURVIVORS OF ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE. 138 RECOMMENDATIONS WERE INCLUDED IN THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY'S FINAL REPORT, WHICH WAS MADE PUBLIC YESTERDAY AT PARLIAMENT. THE IMMEDIATE PRIORITY NOW, IS TO GET THE COMPENSATION SCHEME UP AND RUNNING, AND CONSIDER MAKING IT COMPULSORY FOR CARE PROVIDERS. CROWN TRIED TO DENY IT, AND THEY COVERED UP WITH CROWN LAWS, SPENT MILLIONS OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY TRYING TO HUSH US. BUT THE TRUTH ALWAYS PREVAILS, AND THERE'S PEOPLE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THAT HAVE DEDICATED THEMSELVES OVER THE YEARS SO THAT THE TRUTH DOES COME TO LIGHT. AND WE CAN'T MOVE ON UNTIL THESE THINGS ARE RESOLVED. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST SET IN THE GREAT MILESTONE. THE PRIME MINISTER IS SET TO GIVE A FORMAL APOLOGY TO SURVIVORS IN NOVEMBER. 18 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A PLANE CRASH IN NEPAL. THE REGIONAL PASSENGER PLANE CRASHED WHILE IT WAS TAKING OFF FROM THE CAPITAL KATHMANDU. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY SURVIVOR IN THE DISASTER. AUTHORITIES SAY THE PLANE WAS HEADED TO POKHARA FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH REMAINS UNCLEAR. THOUSANDS OF PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS ARE IN WASHINGTON DC TODAY WHERE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS ADDRESSING CONGRESS. HE'S HOPING TO BOLSTER BIPARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THE ONGOING WAR IN GAZA. TYPHOON GAEMI HAS MADE LANDFALL IN TAIWAN, WHERE IT'S EXPECTED TO BE THE STRONGEST STORM IN EIGHT YEARS. IT COMES AFTER THE STORM INTENSIFIED SEASONAL MONSOON RAINS IN THE PHILLIPPINES, CAUSING WIDESPREAD FLOODING. AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE DIED AND MORE THAN 600,000 PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED. AUTHORITIES HAVE SUSPENDED WORK AND CLASSES, WITH FOREIGN EXCHANGE TRADING ALSO PAUSED. TO SOME MORE SPORT, AND THE NEW ZEALAND PARALYMPIC TEAM HAVE ANNOUNCED THEIR FLAGBEARERS FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY. SWIMMER CAMERON LESLIE AND LONG JUMPER ANNA GRIMALDI WILL CARRY THE FLAG FOR AOTEAROA DURING THE OPENING OF THE GAMES. 11 FEMALE AND 14 MALE ATHLETES WILL REPRESENT NEW ZEALAND IN PARIS, WITH THE PARALYMPIC UNDERWAY ON AUGUST 29th. AND BREAKFAST WILL BE SPEAKING TO BOTH CAMERON AND ANNA JUST AFTER 7.30 THIS MORNING. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (GROOVY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` WHITIANGA, YOU'RE IN FOR A WARM, SUNNY DAY. AUCKLAND, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR MOST. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA. TAUPO, A FROSTY START TO YOUR MORNING. THAT WILL TURN BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. 17 DEGREES FOR TAURANGA. TO THE EAST COAST ` ANOTHER BRIGHT BLUE DAY ON THIS SIDE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. A SUNNY DAY FOR THE REGION. CLEAR SKIES FOR YOUR THURSDAY. OVER TO THE WEST ` TAUMARUNUI, YOU ARE WAKING UP TO EARLY MORNING FOG, CLEARING TO CLOUD LATER IN THE DAY. A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR WHANGANUI AND IN THE CAPITAL. ANOTHER STUNNING DAY FOR WELLINGTON. 16 THE HIGH FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND LEVIN. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR NELSON, BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA. GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, EXPECT SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 IS YOUR HIGH, BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR THE MOST OF THE REGION. CHRISTCHURCH AND OAMARU ARE IN FOR BLUE SKIES. FROSTY START TO THE MORNING FOR ASHBURTON AND TIMARU, BUT YOU'LL GET SOME SUN AFTER LUNCH. 15 THE HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` EARLY MORNING SUN FOR QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN. SCATTERED CLOUDS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. MILFORD SOUND, EXPECT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS LATER IN THE DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. LOOKING GOOD. WHILE NOT NEED TO CRANK UP THE HEAT PUMP. THE SUNSHINE WILL DO THAT FOR YOU. ME U TONU MAI ` WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT ARE STILL WOEFULLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN NEW ZEALAND. BUT RESEARCHERS HAVE IDENTIFIED THE BEST WAY TO CLOSE THE GAP. (UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. NEW ZEALAND HAS MADE STRIDES TO ADDRESS GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE WORKFORCE, AND IT IS PAYING OFF. NEW ZEALAND IS JUST ONE OF TWO COUNTRIES IN THE OECD THAT HAS HAD EQUALITY IN PARLIAMENT, WITH WOMEN MAKING UP 50% OF ITS MEMBERS LAST YEAR. THOUGH THAT'S NOW DROPPED TO ABOUT 44%. AND WE'RE TACKLING UNEQUAL PAY TOO. THE PAY GAP HAS REDUCED STEADILY FROM 16.3% IN 1998, NOW SITTING AT 8.6%. MEDIAN PAY FOR WOMEN IS CURRENTLY $30.15 AN HOUR, COMPARED TO $33 FOR ALL MEN. AND IT BECAME EASIER FOR WORKERS TO RAISE PAY EQUITY CLAIMS WITH THEIR EMPLOYERS WHEN AN AMENDMENT TO THE EQUAL PAY ACT WAS PASSED IN 2020. BUT WE'RE A LONG WAY OFF ACHIEVING TRUE PARITY. IF NEW ZEALAND CONTINUES AT THE CURRENT RATE OF PROGRESS, WOMEN'S SHARE OF TOP JOBS IN THE WORKPLACE WILL REMAIN BELOW PARITY FOR DECADES ` 140 YEARS TO BE EXACT. AND THE LATEST OTAGO UNIVERSITY RESEARCH HAS FOUND IT WILL TAKE MORE THAN JUST APPOINTING FEMALE BOARD MEMBERS TO CHANGE THIS. FOR MORE ON THIS, WE'RE JOINED NOW BY RESEARCHER HELEN ROBERTS. SHE IS ALSO THE CO-AUTHOR OF THE PAPER. MORENA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. WOMEN ON BOARD, THAT IS GOOD, BUT THE RESEARCH SAYS IT COULD BE BETTER. MORENA. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. DEFINITELY. I THINK BEING ON A BOARD AS A START, AND A LOT OF FIRMS HAVE MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO INCREASE GENDER DIVERSITY ON THEIR BOARDS, BUT OUR RESEARCH SHOWS THAT BELOW THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL OF YOUR MANAGEMENT HIERARCHY, IT IS NOT REALLY HAVING MUCH IMPACT ON REPRESENTATION OF GENDER BELOW THAT LEVEL. WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE MANAGERIAL ROLES THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE, THAT MAKES AN IMPACT FOR WOMEN? WHAT OUR RESEARCH SHOWS IS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE A REPRESENTATION ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM, AND THAT RELATIVE PROXIMITY, SO I AM A GENERAL MANAGER BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE IS SOMEBODY DIRECTLY ABOVE ME THAT I CAN USE AS A ROLE MODEL, THAT I CAN USE TO ASPIRE TO IN TERMS OF WHERE MY NEXT CAREER PROGRESSION COULD BE IS REALLY VALUABLE. SO IT IS ABOUT YOU CAN BE WHAT YOU CAN SEE. IS THAT WHAT I AM HEARING? IT IS MORE THAN THAT. IT IS REALLY SETTING A STANDARD AN EXAMPLE AND SAYING THAT OUR ORGANISATION IS GOING TO HAVE REPRESENTATION THROUGHOUT ALL RANKS, AND THAT GIVES VOICE TO EVERYBODY WHO IS EITHER AT THE PIPELINE COMING AND AND TRAINING AND DEVELOPING AND GROWING, AND THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROGRESS AS WELL AS PEOPLE AT THE TOP SETTING THE STANDARD TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE. IS THERE AN ARGUMENT THAT FOCUSING ON BOARD APPOINTMENTS IS MORE VISIBLE AND MORE SYMBOLIC AND THEREFORE MORE MEANINGFUL? I THINK THERE IS, BUT THERE IS ALSO THE RISK OF TOKENISM, WHERE YOU ARE PUTTING WOMEN IN THOSE ROLES ARE PLEASED TO MEET AN EXPECTATION THAT HAS BEEN UP THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. THOSE OTHER LEVELS WITHIN THE ORGANISATION ARE LESS VISIBLE AND MUCH HARDER TO GET THE DATA AND SEE WHAT IS GOING ON. YOU DO SAY THE ATTITUDES OF PEOPLE IS THAT THEY ARE WANTING CHANGE AND THEY WANT TO IMPROVE EQUITY. THERE IS THAT POINT, WHICH IS GREAT, AND IT IS A GOOD PLATFORM, BUT NOW THERE IS THE ACTION PART OF IT. I AGREE. I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THERE IS STILL AN ELEMENT OF UNCONSCIOUS BIAS WITHIN SOME ORGANISATIONS AROUND WHO IS BEING APPOINTED WHEN OPPORTUNITY BECOMES AVAILABLE AND ALSO ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THOSE ROLES AND SEEING THE WHOLE PROCESS COMPLETELY VALID IN TERMS OF THE REPRESENTATION AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT EVERYBODY HAS WITHIN THE ORGANISATION. WERE YOU ABLE TO COME UP WITH ANY STRATEGIES IN TERMS OF HOW COMPANIES CAN USE THESE STRATEGIES TO ACHIEVE EQUITY? IF THE ATTITUDE IS THERE, THEN WHAT IS THE STRATEGY? I THINK IT IS A CULTURAL SHIFT. ORGANISATIONS HAVE TO RETHINK HOW THEY ARE APPOINTING PEOPLE, WHO THEY WANT TO HAVE IN THOSE POSITIONS AND STRATEGICALLY WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO TO GET THERE. FOR A LONG TIME, IT HAS BEEN HOME AND SOCIAL REPRODUCTION, WHERE YOU REPLACE THE VACANCY WITH SOMEONE SIMILAR TO WHO HELD THE POSITION BEFORE, SO WE HAVE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT THINKING AND BECOME MORE DIVERSIFIED IN THE WAY WE GO ABOUT OUR PROMOTION AND OUR APPLICATION PROCESS. I AM REALLY INTERESTED IN ANOTHER PART AROUND WOMEN AND MEN RECEIVING EQUAL EDUCATION, BUT THE FIGURE SHOWS THAT WOMEN ACHIEVE LOWER PROGRESSION AFTER A CERTAIN LEVEL. CAN YOU BROADEN THAT OUTER BIT MORE FOR US? THIS ALSO FEEDS INTO THE GENDER PAY GAP, BECAUSE YOU HAVE FEWER WOMEN AND THOSE HIGHER PAY LEVELS, AND SO THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE BIG DIFFERENCE. WHAT IS HAPPENING IS THAT THERE ARE INTERACTIONS AND CAREER PATH BECAUSE WOMEN CHOOSE TO TAKE PARENTAL LEAVE, AND THEY HAVE OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES OUTSIDE OF THEIR WORKPLACE, AND THAT MEANS THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABSENT FOR A WHILE, AND THEN FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE ORGANISATION SLOWS DOWN THE OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY RE-ENTER. WE NEED TO REVISIT THAT AND LOOK AT THAT MAKE SURE THAT IT IS NOT AN ACT THAT IS DELIBERATELY AND UNJUSTIFIABLY INTERFERING WITH CAREER PROGRESSION. CAN WE LOOK ACROSS THE DITCH? AUSTRALIA SEEMS TO BE DOING OKAY AT THIS, AND THE WORKPLACE GENDER EQUALITY AGENCY HAS HAD A HUGE PART IN MONITORING WORKPLACES. IS THERE ROOM FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT HERE IN NEW ZEALAND? I THINK THERE IS. I THINK THAT IS WHY WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THE STUDY. AUSTRALIA HAS MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO REALLY LOOK AT THE DATA AND SAY WHAT IS GOING ON? WHERE ARE THE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS? AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO GO ABOUT SUPPORTING BUSINESSES TO MAKE THE CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED? IT COSTS MONEY TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK HAVING THAT REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY ALSO BRINGS A LENS INTO THIS CONVERSATION THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY PRESENT IN NEW ZEALAND. THAT MEANS GOVERNMENT HAS TO BE INVOLVED IN THOSE DECISIONS. THAT IS RIGHT. IT WOULD BE NICE IF THIS COULD HAPPEN ORGANICALLY, AND IT CAN, BUT IT MEANS ORGANISATIONS HAVE TO MAKE A COMMITMENT TO SEEING THAT CHANGE HAPPEN. LET'S BLOW OUR OWN TRUMPETS A LITTLE BIT HERE. TALK TO ME ABOUT WOMEN AND THE THINGS AND EXPERIENCES AND ATTITUDES THAT WE HAVE AND HOW THAT CAN IMPACT ON THE WORKPLACE, PARTICULARLY IN THE MANAGERIAL ROLES. CERTAINLY. WE VIEW THE WORLD DIFFERENTLY. WE HAVE A DIFFERENT WAY OF APPROACHING AND SOLVING PROBLEMS, COMMUNICATING, THE WAY WE LOOK AT MONITORING AND ADVISING, AND THAT HELPS TO BRING BETTER DECISION-MAKING INTO THE BOARDROOM, INTO THOSE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS, AND HOPEFULLY BRING BETTER OUTCOMES FOR THE BUSINESS. BRILLIANT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, HELEN. THAT WAS A WONDERFUL CONVERSATION. DO I NEED TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE, DANIEL? EVERYONE IS LIKE, SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT THIS A BIT MORE? I AM LIKE, I KIND OF LESSON, AND I THINK THE KEY POINT IS LISTENING. PART OF IT IS LISTENING, PART OF IT IS UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE ISSUE IS, AND THEN LOOKING AT IT AND SAYING, WHAT IS MY PART IN THIS AND HOW CAN WE BRING EQUITY TO THE WORKPLACE? LOOK AT YOU LOOKING AT ME THROUGH THOSE GLASSES. REMEMBER, I AM JUST A LITTLE MAN HERE TOO. YOU ARE NOT JUST, DANIEL. YOU CAN BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. MAYBE I AM JUST A BIT TOO SELFISH AND THINKING ABOUT MYSELF. THAT IS THE THING. E HAERE AKE NEI ` AMBULANCE WORKERS ARE HEADING TO AUSTRALIA ALONG WITH OUR NURSES AND POLICE. WE SPEAK WITH ONE FORMER STAFFER ABOUT WHY HE'S MADE THE MOVE. # YES, I AM GROUNDED. # GOT MY WINGS CLIPPED. FIRST UNION IS ACCUSING HATO HONE ST JOHN AND THE GOVERNMENT OF LYING OVER AMBULANCE OFFICER STAFFING LEVELS. EARLIER THIS MONTH, HATO HONE ST JOHN TOLD RNZ THAT RECENT RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGNS WERE SUCCESSFUL. ASSOCIATE MINISTER OF HEALTH CASEY COSTELLO AGREED, DESCRIBING THE SERVICE AS HAVING A LOW VACANCY RATE. FIRST UNION AMBULANCE STAFF ARE NOW STEPPING UP STRIKE ACTION, SAYING THEIR MEMBERS ARE AT BREAKING POINT, WITH MANY LOOKING AT OVERSEAS OPPORTUNITIES. UNDER THE CONDITION OF ANNONYMITY, WE SPOKE WITH ONE FORMER HATO HONE ST JOHN WORKER, AND BEGAN BY ASKING, HOW LONG HE WORKED WITH THE SERVICE HERE, BEFORE MOVING TO AUSTRALIA. I BODY MUCH WORKED FOR ST JOHN FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AS A FULL-TIME PARAMEDIC. PRETTY MUCH STRAIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, WENT INTO UNI, AND WAS ALWAYS THE CAREER I WAS GOING TO DO. THE LONGER I WORKED THERE THE MORE I FELT I WAS THE ONE FIGHTING TO WORK FOR THIS JOB. I THOUGHT, I NEED HELP AND I WANTED MORE VALUE FOR WHAT I DID. ONE OF MY FORMER UNI MATES USED TO BE OVER THE SIDE OF TOWN AND NORTHERN TERRITORY AND ONE DAY, I WAS HAVING A RANT, AND THAT IS HOW THE CONVERSATION STARTED. I LOOKED AT THE PAY AND I APPLIED AND IT IS A NO-BRAINER MOVING OVER HERE. I CAN AFFORD TO FLY HOME 3 TO 4 TIMES A YEAR AND STILL EARN MORE MONEY. I SEE MY FAMILY MORE NOT LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND, BECAUSE IT IS EASIER TO TRAVEL AND GET MORE TIME OFF, 12 WEEKS LEAVE A YEAR. WE ONLY WORK 37 HOURS A WEEK AS OPPOSED TO 42. CAN YOU PAINT A PICTURE OF WHAT WORKING AND THE NEW ZEALAND AMBULANCE SERVICE LOOK LIKE FOR YOU? IT IS THE DAY, DAY, NIGHT, NIGHT SHIFT. IT IS NON-STOP YOU WORK AT SIX, AND THEN YOU WORK NON-STOP. I THINK YOU ARE A BUM ON THE SEAT. YOU ARE THERE TO WORK FOR 12 HOURS. YOU NEVER FINISH ON TIME, AND YOU BARELY GET 1/2 HOUR BREAK AND THE 12 HOURS. YOU FEEL VERY MUCH LIKE YOU ARE A STATISTIC, YOU ARE TURNING UP FOR WORK, YOUR OWN CREATIVE ELEMENT IS NOT A HUGE PRIORITY. HOW TOUGH IS THAT ON YOU? IT IS VERY DEMORALISING FROM A FATIGUE POINT OF VIEW. BASICALLY, YOU GO TO WORK WHEN IT IS DARK AND GET HOME WHEN IT IS DARK. PARTICULARLY ON THE NIGHT SHIFTS, YOU ARE NEVER SEEN THE LIGHT OF DAY. THE BURNOUT RATE, FOR PARAMEDICS, IS DOWN TO 3 YEARS OR SOMETHING HORRIFIC. NO ONE IS STAYING IN THE JOB. THE LONG HOURS, THE MEAL BREAKS OR THE LACK OF MEAL BREAKS, PROBABLY THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. HOW DO THESE ISSUES AFFECT THE LEVEL OF PATIENT CARE YOU ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND CAN YOU WORK TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY? NOT AT ALL. THE ABILITY TO FUNCTION AND PROVIDE PATIENT CARE WHEN YOU ARE THAT FATIGUE, THE ONE THING IS THAT WHEN A PATIENT HAS ONLY WAITED FOUR HOURS FOR YOU TO GET THERE, AND NOW YOU ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH THEM, IT IS A REAL CHALLENGE. 100% THE FATIGUE DOES CONTRIBUTE TO PATIENT CARE. ANYONE HAS WORKED A NIGHTSHIFT IS TRYING TO MAKE COMPLEX DECISIONS THAT FACTOR AND EVERYTHING THAT A PARAMEDIC NEEDS TO FACTOR IN, THEY WOULD BE LYING IF THEY SAY THAT IT DOES NOT AFFECT PATIENT CARE. HOW DOES THE AUSTRALIAN AMBULANCE SERVICE COMPARED TO NEW ZEALAND'S? AUSTRALIA, AND A LOT OF AREAS, IS QUITE SMALL. THEY ARE WELL FUNDED BECAUSE THEY REALISE THAT THEY NEED PEOPLE TO STAY IN THESE AREAS. IF I GO INTO AN AREA AND WORK FOR THREE MONTHS AND LEAVE AGAIN, THAT AREA IS LIFTED AND IT IS HARD TO RECRUIT. THERE IS A LOT OF EMPHASIS PUT INTO THESE POSITIONS. YOU FEEL QUITE VALUED TO DO THE WORK THAT YOU DO. I COULD REACH OUT TO MY BOSS AND SAY, I AM STRUGGLING WITH FATIGUE, I AM FEELING BURNT OUT, WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS? THEY SAY, HERE IS A PART-TIME, WHY DON'T YOU GONE ROSTERING FOR A BIT, AND WORK MONDAY TO FRIDAY AND TAKE NOTES. THEY WORK OUT WHAT IS GOING ON. THERE IS A A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT PUT INTO EACH INDIVIDUAL PERSON AND THAT CREATES A LOT OF LONGEVITY. I HAVE NO DESIRE TO LEAVE HERE. AND BREAKFAST CONTACTED HATO HONE ST JOHN. IN A STATEMENT, GENERAL MANAGER OF AMBULANCE OPERATIONS STU COCKBURN SAID... AS A RESULT, STAFF VACANCY RATE AS DECREASED FROM JUST UNDER 14% TWO YEARS AGO TO AROUND 5% NATIONALLY. BEFORE WE GET TO YOUR NEWS HERE'S WHAT'S COMING UP AFTER SEVEN O'CLOCK. IT'S BEEN CALLED A STAIN ON OUR HISTORY BY THE GOVERNMENT. THE ROYAL COMMISSION'S REPORT INTO ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH BASED CARE HAS LAID BARE NEW ZEALAND'S DARK PAST. WE'LL BE JOINED BY A SURVIVOR FOR HER VERDICT, ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS SHORTLY. THE SPCA ARE ISSUING A WARNING TO PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T OVERFEED THEIR DOGS. IT COMES AFTER NUGGI WAS FOUND WEIGHING OVER 53 KILOS WHEN HE CAME INTO CARE. DESPITE SPCA'S BEST EFFORTS HE DIED AFTER TWO MONTHS. WE'LL HAVE MORE ON THAT STORY A LITTLE LATER. AND, THEY GOT OFF TO A GREAT START AGAINST JAPAN EARLIER, BUT NOW THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS FACE A MUCH TOUGHER CHALLENGE AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IN HALF AN HOUR'S TIME. WE'LL BRING YOU ALL THOSE LIVE UPDATES AS THEY HAPPEN. IT'S 7 O'CLOCK, HERE'S WENDY WITH THE NEWS. THE OLYMPICS ARE UNDERWAY IN PARIS. OUR TEAM IS STANDING BY WITH THE LATEST. FIRST, LET'S GO TO EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON AND THE SPYING SCANDAL THAT'S SEEN MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN TEAM SENT HOME. CANADIANS HAVE JUST HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE. MEI, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US? GOOD MORNING. I HAVE JUST BEEN PART OF THAT VIRTUAL NEWS CONFERENCE AND ACT A FEW KEY POINTS TO UPDATE YOU. FIRSTLY THEY ARE REASSURING EVERYBODY THAT THE CANADIAN HEAD COACH KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE DRONE BEING FLOWN OVER HEAD OR THE RECORDING. THEY ARE ALSO SAYING THAT THE RECORDING NEVER LEFT THE HANDS OF THE OPERATOR, THE DRONE OPERATOR. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THERE OPERATOR WAS AN ANALYST AND HE HAS BEEN SENT HOME, AS WELL AS THE ASSISTANT COACH. THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SAYS THAT THAT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION. AT THIS POINT WE ENDEAVOURED TO DEVELOP SANCTIONS WHICH REFLECT THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE BEHAVIOUR AND WE WHAT ENSURE THAT THE OPENING MATCH WOULD BE PLAYED RESPECTING THE PRINCIPLES OF FAIR PLAY. THOUGH WE ARE ALL DISHEARTENED BY THIS INCIDENT WE THANK CANADA SOCCER FOR BEING OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WITH US SO FAR. THE HEAD COACH WILL NOT BE PART OF TOMORROW'S GAME BETWEEN CANADA AND NEW ZEALAND, TO TRY AND MAINTAIN AN APPEARANCE OF FAIR PLAY. THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF ORGANISATIONS STILL INVESTIGATING THIS. YOU WILL HAVE FAITH ARE INVESTIGATING THIS AS WELL AS THE OLYMPICS ETHICS COMMITTEE AS WELL. THERE MAY VERY WELL BE MORE TO COME FROM THIS. AND GUY HEVELDT JOINS US NOW. AND A SOLID START FROM THE FIRST NEW ZEALAND TEAMS TO TAKE THE FIELD. YES, NO SPYING CONCERNS HERE. A VERY STRONG START FROM THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS. THEY WERE, WITH RESPECT, ONLY PLAYING JAPAN. BUT THEY HAD A 40 POINTS TO 12 VICTORY, RUNNING IN SIX TRIES. PARTICULARLY DOMINANT AND APPETITE. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT RESULT FOR ANOTHER RECENT. BECAUSE SOUTH AFRICA LOST THEIR FIRST GAME AGAINST IRELAND. AS THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS CAN GO OUT AND BEAT SOUTH AFRICA AND UNDER HALF AN HOUR'S TIME, THAT WOULD PUT THEM STRAIGHT INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS. THEY WON AND DUSTED AND ALREADY INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS. SO A VERY BIG GAME FOR THEM COMING UP. WE WILL HAVE THAT RESULT FOR YOU AS SOON AS AT HAS DONE AND DUSTED. THE MEN'S FOOTBALL TEAM ALSO HAD A FIRST UP VICTORY AGAINST GUINEA. THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF DAYS OFF BEFORE THEY PLAY AMERICA AND THE NEXT MATCH. WE WILL SPEAK TO YOU SHORTLY. U.S. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN IS SET TO MAKE AN ADDRESS FROM THE OVAL OFFICE TODAY. THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT IS EXPECTED TO GIVE MORE DETAIL ON HIS DECISION TO ABANDON HIS RE-ELECTION BID IN THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SPEECH. PRESIDENT BIDEN RETURNED TO PUBLIC DUTIES EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER COMING OUT OF ISOLATION FROM COVID. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS ADDRESSED CONGRESS AS THOUSANDS OF PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE. IN HIS SPEECH, NETANYAHU CONDEMNED THE PROTESTS, SAYING THEY CHOSE TO 'STAND WITH EVIL'. HE'S FACED MOUNTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE OVER THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN DEATHS AND HIS INABILITY TO FREE THE HOSTAGES TAKEN BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7th. SEVERAL HIGH-PROFILE DEMOCRATS BOYCOTTED NETANYAHU'S APPEARANCE. SECURITY AROUND THE CAPITOL HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY HEIGHTENED. WOMEN REMAIN SEVERELY UNDERREPRESENTED IN MANAGEMENT, WITH ONE RESEARCHER NOTING UNCONSCIOUS BIAS REMAINS IN SOME WORKPLACES. AN OTAGO UNIVERSITY STUDY REVEALS WORKPLACES NEED MORE WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT INSTEAD OF RELYING ON JUST FEMALE BOARD APPOINTMENTS. RESEARCHERS FOUND WOMEN NEED TO BE PRESENT AT THE TOP LEVEL OF MANAGEMENT TO CREATE A PIPELINE OF WOMEN'S REPRESENTATION. YOU NEED TO HAVE A REPRESENTATION ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF YOUR MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THAT RELATIVE PROXIMITY. SO IF I'M A GENERAL MANAGER, BEING ABLE TO SEE THAT THERE IS SOMEBODY DIRECTLY ABOVE ME THAT I CAN USE AS A ROLE MODEL, THAT I CAN USE TO ASPIRE TO IN TERMS OF WHERE MY NEXT CAREER PROGRESSION COULD BE IS REALLY, REALLY VALUABLE. UNITED NATIONS' STATISTICS FOR 2023 REVEAL AT THE CURRENT RATE, WOMEN WON'T ACHIEVE MANAGERIAL REPRESENTATION WITH MEN FOR 140 YEARS. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` WHITIANGA, YOU'RE IN FOR A WARM, SUNNY DAY. AUCKLAND, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR MOST. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA. TAUPO, A FROSTY START TO YOUR MORNING. THAT WILL TURN BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. THAT WILL TURN TO BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON, KIRIKIRIROA. TO THE EAST COAST ` ANOTHER BRIGHT BLUE DAY ON THIS SIDE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. A SUNNY DAY FOR THE REGION. CLEAR SKIES FOR YOUR THURSDAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` TAUMARUNUI, YOU ARE WAKING UP TO EARLY MORNING FOG, CLEARING TO CLOUD LATER IN THE DAY. A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR WHANGANUI AND IN THE CAPITAL. 16 THE HIGH FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND LEVIN. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR NELSON, BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA. GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, EXPECT SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 IS YOUR HIGH, BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR THE MOST OF THE REGION. CHRISTCHURCH AND OAMARU ARE IN FOR BLUE SKIES. FROSTY START TO THE MORNING FOR ASHBURTON AND TIMARU, BUT YOU'LL GET SOME SUN AFTER LUNCH. 15 THE HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` EARLY MORNING SUN FOR QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN. SCATTERED CLOUDS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. MILFORD SOUND, EXPECT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS LATER IN THE DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL DAY FOR SURVIVORS OF ABUSE IN STATE AND FAITH -BASED CARE AS THE ROYAL COMMISSION TABLED ITS FINAL REPORT, LABELLING THE TREATMENT OF MORE THAN 200,000 PEOPLE A 'STAIN' ON THE NATIONAL CHARACTER. YOU KNOW, THE CROWN TRIED TO DENY IT, AND THEY COVERED UP WITH CROWN LAW, SPENT MILLIONS OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY TRYING TO HUSH US. ABUSE DID NOT STOP AT 1999. IT IS STILL HAPPENING. # THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE, # I'M GONNA MAKE IT SHINE. # I CAME FORWARD AS A FAITH-BASED SURVIVOR TO TELL MY STORY BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT THIS ABUSE TO HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE. FOR DECADES, THEY TOLD US WE MADE IT UP. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A BAR OF US. SO THIS TODAY IS HISTORIC. AND IT'S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. IT ACKNOWLEDGES ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE, ALL THE COURAGEOUS SURVIVORS THAT HAVE BEEN COURAGEOUS AND STRONG ENOUGH TO SHARE THEIR STORIES AND COME ON BOARD. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THEIR STORY. THE REPORT MADE 138 RECOMMENDATIONS. AMONG THEM, A GOVERNMENT APOLOGY. THAT'S EXPECTED IN NOVEMBER. IT ALSO CALLS FOR AN APOLOGY FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS. INCLUDING THE POPE. IT RECOMMENDS POLICE INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE FOR INSTANCES OF TORTURE AND INHUMANE TREATMENT. IT CALLS FOR LAWS TO BE CHANGED, INCLUDING ORANGA TAMARIKI AND CRIMES LEGILSATION. IT RECOMMENDS A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF LAWS AND SYSTEMS RELATING TO THE CARE OF CHILDREN AND ESTABLISHING AN INDEPENDENT BODY TO KEEP IT IN CHECK. AND IT SAYS INVESTIGATE THE EVIDENCE FOUND OF UNMARKED GRAVES FOR PATIENTS WHO DIED AT SOME PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS. BUT ITS MAIN FOCUS IS FOR SURVIVORS TO BE COMPENSATED AS A MATTER OF PRIORITY. WE'RE JOINED BY PAORA CRAWFORD MOYLE, WHO HAS USED HER EXPERIENCE TO INFLUENCE HER SOCIAL WORK AND RESEARCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. CAN WE START WITH YESTERDAY? HOW WAS THAT FOR YOU? IT WAS REALLY BAD, IT WAS HUGE. JUST LOOKING AROUND THE GALLERY AND SEEING SO MANY OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS GETTING OLDER. AND THE TRAILER. YOU CAN SEE FROM THEIR FACES, THAT THAT DAY WAS HUGE FOR THEM. IT WAS REALLY EMOTIONAL, THEY HAVE WAITED A LONG TIME. TO COME TO THIS PLACE AND HEAR THE PRIME MINISTER SAY THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO US WAS NOT OKAY. ABSOLUTELY NOT OKAY. THE STATE IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR MUCH OF THAT. THERE WERE ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THAT REPORT THAT WAS RELEASED YESTERDAY, IN FACT, 138 OF THEM. JUST FOR OUR AUDIENCE, THE BASIS OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS CAME FROM THE VIEW OF SURVIVORS. THEIR HOPES AND THEIR ASPIRATIONS. WHAT STOOD OUT FOR YOU? THERE ARE SO MANY. WHAT STOOD OUT FOR ME IS THAT I AM SO USED TO HEARING THE STORIES, BUT HEARING THE RECOMMENDATIONS COME FROM THE TABLING, WHAT I WANT TO SEE IS THE STATE TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHO WERE DIRECTLY INVOLVED. I WANT THE HEADS NAMED AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIRECT CARE OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS TO BE NAMED. THAT HAS TO BE PART OF ANY APOLOGY, BECAUSE ON YOUR WATCH THESE THINGS WERE HAPPENING. IT IS NOT OKAY FOR IT TO JUST BE PASSED ON TO THE NEXT CEO OR A HEAD OF A DEPARTMENT. THESE PEOPLE NEED TO BE NAMED AND WE NEED TO SEE THAT INCLUDED INTO A MORE DETAILED APOLOGY. I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE PRIME MINISTER DID VERY WELL YESTERDAY AND ADMITTING THAT THE WHOLE THING AROUND TORTURE AND WHAT THAT MEANS. THE STATE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCUMULATION OVER TIME OF ABUSE DONE TWO VERY VULNERABLE PEOPLE. HOW BIG WAS THAT STATEMENT? I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF AND FOR ME IT WAS HUGE. I HAVE COME A LONG WAY IN WORKING OUT THERE, AND BRINGING ATTENTION TO WHAT HAPPENED. A DOES NOT GET PUT RIGHT UNTIL IT IS PUT RIGHT. THE REASON WE COME FORWARD AS BECAUSE WE WANT TO STOP IT HAPPENING TO OTHER BABIES. WE WANT OUR CHILDREN IN THE FUTURE TO BE SAFE AND WELL CARED FOR. THE MAJORITY OF THEM WERE TAKEN WITHOUT THE NEED FOR THEM TO BE TAKEN. MOSTLY AROUND POVERTY, AROUND RACISM, AROUND SEXISM, ALL THIS SEXUALITY. THIS REPORT REALLY SPELLS ALL THOSE THINGS OUT AND IT EDUCATES THE WIDER PUBLIC, AND THEY NEED TO TAKE NOTE OF THIS, AS TO WHY IT HAPPENED, HOW IT HAPPENED, AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO ABOUT IT. WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE. I WANT TO COME BACK TO COMPENSATION SHORTLY. I WANT TO GO INTO WHAT YOU HAVE JUST RAISED. YOUR RESEARCH IS FOCUSING ON THE OVERREPRESENTATION OF MAORI AN STATE CARE AND INTERGENERATIONAL TRAUMA. THE REPORT TALKS ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE IMPACTS AROUND MAORI BEING NEGLECTED AS A COLLECTIVE AND ACROSS GENERATIONS. THE TRAUMA AND ABUSE HAS LED TO MUCH LARGER SOCIAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS DECLINING HEALTH, HIGHER RATES OF INCARCERATION, HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL DISTRESS AND SUBSTANCE HARM AND REDUCED EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. FOR YOU, AND I KNOW A BIG PART OF YOUR WORK IS AROUND EDUCATING THE WIDER PUBLIC, NEW ZEALAND, ABOUT SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING FACED BY MAORI. HOW IMPORTANT WAS YOU TO SEE THAT IN THE REPORT? TO EFFECT CHANGE, PEOPLE HAD TO COME ON BOARD. THE PEOPLE TO COME ON BOARD THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF WHAT HAPPENED AND TO SEE HOW THEY ARE A PART OF THE BUILDING BLOCKS, BACKLOGS THAT TURN, TO ALLOW THESE THINGS TO HAPPEN. YOU HAVE TO GET THE DETAILS SO THEY CAN SEE THEMSELVES AND THE DETAIL AND GO, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU CONSTANTLY HEAR THAT THE REASON PEOPLE COME INTO CARE AS BECAUSE OF BAD PARENTING, THAT IS NOT TRUE. WHEN THERE WIDER PUBLIC EXCEPT THAT MAORI I'M NOT GOOD AT RAISING CHILDREN, THOSE THINGS ARE NOT TRUE. IT UPHOLDS THOSE VERY POWERFUL SYSTEMS TO KEEP FOLLOWING OUR PEOPLE THROUGH. THAT IS WHAT I WANT TO SEE CHANGE, FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS NOT BAD PARENTING, SOLELY. YOU TALK ABOUT SYSTEMS, CAN WE TALK ABOUT A SYSTEM WHEN IT COMES TO COMPENSATION AND ALSO READDRESS. THE PRIME MINISTER HAS APPOINTED ERICA STANFORD TO LEAD A RESPONSE TO THE REPORT'S FINDINGS. THERE WILL BE MORE CLARITY BY THE END OF THE YEAR. IN TERMS OF COMPENSATION, WATCH THAT LOOK LIKE AND HOW QUICKLY TO THAT BE ADDRESSED? I THINK THE WHOLE DISCUSSION AROUND READDRESS AS HUGE. WHAT I AM PLEASED TO SEE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS THAT THERE IS A MATRIX OR STEP-BY-STEP MAP ON HOW TO BUILD IT. IT BUILDS OVER TIME, THIS IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE OVER 10, 15, 25 YEARS, AND IS ABOUT ALL THE COGS INVOLVED. READDRESS SHOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPENING ALONG TIME AGO. THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING A RING AROUND TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. I SAW THE LABOUR LEADER SAYING HE DID NOT DO ENOUGH. THE CURRENT PRIME MINISTER BUILD ON THAT AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO DO A, B AND C. THERE IS A LOT TO DO. READDRESS NEEDS TO BE SO WIDE, TO ACCOUNT FOR EVERYBODY. THERE NEEDS TO BE COLLECTIVE READDRESS. THE WHANAU WERE MOST IMPACTED. MAORI WHEN MOST IMPACTED. THERE NEEDS TO BE READDRESS FOR ALL OF THOSE WHANAU THAT HAVE LOST LOVED ONES AND THEIR CHILDREN TO THE SYSTEM. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THEM. THIS REPORT REALLY HELPS HIGHLIGHT ALL OF THAT. WE WERE NEVER BELIEVED, JENNY MAY. NOW IT IS THERE IN BLACK AND WHITE. YESTERDAY WAS A BIG DAY. I KNOW THAT IT WILL CONTINUE FOR A WHILE YET. BUT I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN TO BE WITH US ON BREAKFAST THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW NEEDS HELP, PLEASE CONTACT THE NUMBERS ON SCREEN NOW. UP NEXT ` WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A BACKUP CAREER AS AN ATHLETE. WE'LL MEET THE FORMER RUGBY PLAYER WHOSE DESIGN DEGREE HAS COME IN PRETTY HANDY. Someone left the fridge door open again. Someone keeps leaving the TV on. Someone's been using a lot of hot water. VOICEOVER: Track your home's energy usage with the Genesis Energy IQ app. (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. AFTER TWO BACK-TO-BACK KNEE RECONSTRUCTIONS, TOM MARTIN, A PROFESSIONAL RUGBY PLAYER FROM WAIKATO, DECIDED TO PUT HIS INDUSTRIAL DESIGN DEGREE TO GOOD USE. HE DEVELOPED THE PRODUCT THE 'VITOOL' THAT IS NOW USED BY THE ALL BLACKS AND SUPER RUGBY TEAMS AND WAS EVEN SHORTLISTED FOR A NEW ZEALAND BEST DESIGN AWARD. HE JOINS ME NOW IN THE STUDIO. MORENA, TOM. DO I PRONOUNCE IT RIGHT? YES. IT IS A BIT OF A PLAY ON THE WORD VITAL. IT IS EXCITING. IT IS THE WORLD'S FIRST MULTI TOOL FOR RUGBY AND FOOTBALL PLAYERS. IT IS AN EIGHT IN ONE MULTI TOOL THAT DOES IT ALL. IT SOLVES PROBLEMS THAT PLAYERS HAVE BEFORE AND AFTER GAMES. IT HAS THREE DIFFERENT SPRIG TIGHTENERS. IT IS LIKE A SWISS POCKETKNIFE. THAT IS WHERE THE IDEA CAME FROM. I WANTED SOMETHING PLAYERS COULD HAVE IN THEIR BAG AND PULL IT OUT WHEN THEY NEEDED IT. THIS ONE HERE IS FOR CLEANING UP THE SPRIG HOLE WHEN IT FILLS UP WITH MUD. YOU KNOW IT CAN BE A BIT OF A NIGHTMARE WHEN YOU DO NOT HAVE THAT ON DECK. WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO DESIGN IT? I WAS SITTING IN A RUGBY CHANGING ROOM IN WELLINGTON, AND THAT IS WHERE IT ALL STEMMED FROM. I WAS STUDYING INDUSTRIAL DESIGN AT VICTORIA, GOING, AS STRESSFUL AS IT IS GETTING YOURSELF READY FOR A GAME, LET ALONE WHEN A SPRIG FALLS OUT AND YOU ARE SCRAMBLING AROUND TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING. THE MANAGER IS BUSY DOING UP SOMEONE ELSE'S ONE OR YOU ARE TRYING TO FIND SOME PLAYERS OR ASKING AROUND, WHAT IS GOING ON? AND IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS SOMETHING THERE. THERE IS A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS TO BE SOLVED. A BIT OF STRESS THAT NEEDS TO BE RELIEF FOR MANAGERS AND PLAYERS. WHERE HAS IT GONE? WHO IS USING IT? THE MAORI ALL BLACKS, SUPER RUGBY PLAYERS, RIGHT UNDER CLUB PLAYERS AND GUYS THAT ARE BEING COACHED AT A YOUNGER LEVEL. THAT IS SUPER EXCITING. RIGHT ACROSS-THE-BOARD PLAYERS ACROSS THE WORLD. IT IS REALLY EXCITING. WE HEARD THAT YOU ARE A RIGHT BE PLAYER. DID YOU EXPERIENCE SOME INJURIES? IT HAS NOT BEEN SMOOTH SAILING. I HAVE RUPTURED MY FIRST ACL IN 2022 AFTER PLAYING MPC FOR WAIKATO. THAT WAS TOUGH JUST HAVING ONE OF THEM. AND THEN I PUT MY DEGREE TO WORK AND STARTED TO CHIP AWAY AT THIS PROJECT. I DID NOT REALLY THINK I WOULD GO ALL THE WAY WITH IT, BUT MY FOURTH CAME BACK LAST YEAR, I REALLY RUPTURED THE SAME ACL. IT WAS A DOUBLE BLOW. AT THAT POINT I THOUGHT, THAT IS IT. I WILL GO ALL THE WAY WITH THIS TOOL. I HAVE ANOTHER 9 TO 12 MONTHS TO PUT MY HEAD DOWN. IN TERMS OF ATHLETES, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT FOR ATHLETES LIKE YOURSELF TO HAVE A PLAN B JUST IN CASE? I THINK IT IS USUALLY IMPORTANT. NOT ONLY A PLAN B; I THINK HAVING A PROJECT OR SOMETHING THAT URL INTERESTED IN TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOUR RUGBY IS REALLY IMPORTANT. AS RUGBY PLAYERS, RUGBY IS NOT EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE. I KNOW THAT. AND I KNOW THERE IS MORE TO RUGBY PLAYERS THAN JUST RUGBY. THROUGH THE NEW ZEALAND RUGBY PLAYERS ASSOCIATION WHERE I WORK, I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL TO BE ABLE TO PUSH THE EMPHASIS ON HAVING SOMETHING ELSE OUTSIDE OF RUGBY THAT CAN GO ALONGSIDE IT WHILE YOU ARE PLAYING. THERE IS A DEDICATED HALF DAY EVERY WEEK WITHIN THE PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT TO WORK ON PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH NEEDS TO BE FULLY UTILISED, AND IT IS SUPER IMPORTANT. WAS THIS A SOLO EFFORT? OR WAS THEIR SUPPORT? AND WHERE DID IT COME FROM TO INSPIRE YOU TO DESIGN THE PROJECT? I HAVE UTILISED AS MANY PEOPLE AS I HAVE TRIED TO MEET ALONG THE WAY. IT ALL STARTED AT UNIVERSITY. SIMON FRASER, MY LECTURER, KIND OF GAVE ME THE HOPE TO REALLY PUSH A DESIGN AND GO ALL THE WAY TO MARKET. IT IS QUITE TRICKY SOMETIMES TO TAKE AN IDEA AND DEVELOP IT INTO A WORKING PRODUCT. THAT IS QUITE A TRICKY HURDLE. HAVING GUYS LIKE THAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN DO IT IS THE FIRST STEP, AND THEN IT IS ABOUT LOGISTICALLY, WHO ARE THE BEST PEOPLE THAT I CAN GET AROUND ME TO HELP ANSWER SOME TRICKY QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY. JUST INSPIRING, TOM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. ALL THE BEST. NO, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 7.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, THE PARALYMPICS FLAGBEARERS HAVE JUST BEEN NAMED OVERNIGHT. WE'LL MEET THE STARS SHORTLY. STAY WITH US. SEE YOU SOON. # I'M MR BRIGHTSIDE. ONE SURVIVOR OF ABUSE HAS TOLD BREAKFAST SHE FEELS 'FULL' FOLLOWING THE RELEASE OF THE FINAL REPORT INTO STATE AND FAITH-BASED CARE ABUSE. THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TABLED ITS FINAL REPORT AT PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY AND LABELLED THE TREATMENT OF MORE THAN 200,000 PEOPLE A 'STAIN' ON THE NATIONAL CHARACTER. 138 RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE, INCLUDING A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF LAWS AND SYSTEMS RELATING TO THE CARE OF CHILDREN AND ESTABLISHING AN INDEPENDENT BODY TO KEEP IT IN CHECK. PAORA CRAWFORD MOYLE WANTS TO SEE MORE ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE GOVERNMENT. THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DIRECT CARE OF CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE ADULTS. THEY SHOULD BE NAMED AND THAT SHOULD BE PART OF ANY APOLOGY, BECAUSE ON YOUR WATCH, THESE THINGS WERE HAPPENING AND IT'S NOT OKAY FOR THIS TO BE PASSED ON TO THE NEXT ceo OR HEAD OF A DEPARTMENT. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON MADE AN APOLOGY AT YESTERDAY'S TABLING, AND WILL MAKE A MORE FORMAL APOLOGY TO SURVIVORS IN NOVEMBER. A FORMER HATO HONE SAINT JOHN WORKER HAS REVEALED STAFF ARE TREATED LIKE A 'STATISTIC' AT THE ORGANISATION. HATO HONE SAINT JOHN AND THE GOVERNMENT ARE BEING ACCUSED OF LYING OVER AMBULANCE OFFICER STAFFING LEVELS; THAT'S ACCORDING TO FIRST UNION. SPEAKING TO BREAKFAST UNDER ANONYMITY, A FORMER SAINT JOHN WORKER WHO RECENTLY MOVED TO AUSTRALIA SAYS FATIGUE OFTEN IMPACTS THEIR ABILITY TO TREAT PATIENTS. THEY TRY TO VERY RUSTY PATTERNS, BUT BASICALLY, GOING TO WORK WHEN IT'S DARK AND COMING HOME WHEN IT'S DARK, PARTICULARLY ON THE NIGHT SHIFTS, YOU NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY. THE BURNOUT RATE OF PARAMEDICS IS DOWN TO 3 YEARS OR SOMETHING HORRIFIC. NONA STAYING IN THE JOB. IN A STATEMENT, HATO HONE SAINT JOHN SAID IT'S COMMITTED TO WORKING IN GOOD FAITH, AND WILL ADDRESS KEY ISSUES DIRECTLY WITH THE UNIONS. THE GOVERNMENT'S COMMITTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO UPGRADE RAIL LINKS IN THE LOWER NORTH ISLAND. TO TELL US MORE, WE'RE JOINED BY FELIX DEMARAIS. MORENA, FELIX. YES, THE GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING THE BETTER PART OF $1 BILLION INTO ITS $803 MILLION PROJECT. WHAT WILL IT RELATES TO IS DIFFERENT LINES. THE TRANSPORT MINISTER JUST NOW SAID THAT WE WILL GET 18 MORE TRAINS FOR THOSE LINES, AS WELL AS UPGRADED INFRASTRUCTURE WHICH WILL EFFECTIVELY SHAVE 15 MINUTES OF TRAVEL TIME AND PROVIDE MORE SERVICES AS WELL. IS VERY SIMILAR TO AN ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY LABOUR LAST YEAR AND APRIL, AND IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT WILL BE ABOUT FOUR YEARS BEFORE THAT WE GET THOSE TRAINS. THE OLYMPICS HAS BEEN SHAKEN BY A SPYING SCANDAL INVOLVING THE NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL TEAM. TEAM CANADA HAS BEEN CAUGHT NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE USING A DRONE TO CHECK OUT THE FOOTBALL FERNS WHILE THEY TRAINED. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON SENT THIS REPORT FROM PARIS. THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ARE MAINTAINING THAT THOSE RECORDINGS THAT WERE TAKEN BY THE DRONE ONLY STAYED IN THE HANDS OF THE OPERATORS. THAT OPERATOR HAS NOW BEEN SENT HOME, ALONG WITH THE ASSIST COACH. THE COACH HAS TO DOWN, BUT WILL STAY HERE FOR THE REST OF THE TOURNAMENT. IS BECAUSE SHE IS INSISTING SHE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE RECORDINGS. OF THE OLYMPIC AND CANADIAN COMMITTEE SAYS SENDING THE STAFF MEMBERS HOME WAS THE RIGHT DECISION. THE REMOVAL OF TWO KEY STAFF IN CANADA SOCCER TEAM, HEAD COACH MISSING THE FIRST MATCH WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE DEBATED. WE BELIEVE THESE ACTIONS AND THE MANDATORY ETHICS EDUCATION WE HAVE IMPOSED AT LEAST MITIGATE ANY ADVANTAGE CANADA MAY HAVE HAD SEEMED TO HAVE HAD AGAINST NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL AND THE WOMAN'S NATIONAL TEAM. THE NZ OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAVE SAID THEY ARE DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED, SHOCKED AND DEEPLY SAD. THEIR LEAD UP HAS BEEN SEVERELY DISRUPTED. THE ARM MANY INVESTIGATIONS STILL ONGOING, INCLUDING FROM THE OLYMPICS INTEGRITY UNIT AS WELL AS FIFA. THE NEW ZEALAND MEN'S SEVENS TEAM HAVE JUST KICKED OFF THEIR SECOND MATCH AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE A WIN COULD WRAP UP A SPOT IN THE QUARTER-FINALS. EARLIER, THE KIWIS OPENED THEIR CAMPAIGN WITH A 40 POINTS TO 12 WIN OVER JAPAN. NEW ZEALAND CROSSING FOR SIX TRIES IN THE COMFORTABLE FIRST-UP VICTORY. AND A QUICK UPDATE FROM THAT GAME AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA ` NEW ZEALAND'S CURRENTLY LEADING 5-5. AND THE MEN'S FOOTBALLERS HAVE BEATEN GUINEA 2-1 IN THEIR FIRST GROUP MATCH. CAPTAIN MATTHEW GARBETT OPENING THE SCORING IN THE FIRST HALF BEFORE BEN WAINE PUT NEW ZEALAND BACK IN FRONT IN THE 76th MINUTE. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MARKETS. (SPACEY MUSIC) (SPACEY MUSIC) AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` WHITIANGA, YOU'RE IN FOR A WARM, SUNNY DAY. AUCKLAND, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR MOST. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA. TAUPO, A FROSTY START TO YOUR MORNING. THAT WILL TURN BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON KIRIKIRIROA. TO THE EAST COAST ` ANOTHER BRIGHT BLUE DAY ON THIS SIDE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. A SUNNY DAY FOR THE REGION. CLEAR SKIES FOR YOUR THURSDAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` TAUMARUNUI, YOU ARE WAKING UP TO EARLY MORNING FOG, CLEARING TO CLOUD LATER IN THE DAY. A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR WHANGANUI AND IN THE CAPITAL. 16 THE HIGH FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND LEVIN. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR NELSON, BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA. GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, EXPECT SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 IS YOUR HIGH, BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR THE MOST OF THE REGION. CHRISTCHURCH AND OAMARU ARE IN FOR BLUE SKIES. FROSTY START TO THE MORNING FOR ASHBURTON AND TIMARU, BUT YOU'LL GET SOME SUN AFTER LUNCH. 15 THE HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` EARLY MORNING SUN FOR QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN. SCATTERED CLOUDS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. MILFORD SOUND, EXPECT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS LATER IN THE DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. OUR OLYMPIC TEAM'S ACTIVITY HAS BEGUN, BUT OUR PARALYMPIC TEAM ARE STILL IN COUNTDOWN MODE. THEY HAD A FAREWELL EVENT LAST NIGHT WHERE THE FLAGBEARERS FOR THE OPENING CEREMONY ON AUGUST 29 WERE REVEALED. THEY ARE SWIMMER CAMERON LESLIE AND LONG JUMPER ANNA GRIMALDI, WHO JOIN US NOW. CONGRATULATIONS! (APPLAUSE) ANNA IS WAVING TO US. CAMERON, THE SELECTION PROCESS TO BE PICKED. WHAT WAS GOING THROUGH YOUR MIND WHEN YOUR NAME WAS READ OUT? A LITTLE BIT SHOCKED, REALLY. I'VE BEEN DOING IS A LONG TIME BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU EXPECT. THE SORT OF STUFF CATCHES YOU OFF GUARD A LITTLE BIT. AND YOU ARE TELLING ME BEFORE THE BREAK THAT YOU KNEW TWO WEEKS AGO AND HAD TO KEEP IT A SECRET FROM WHO? FROM A PARENT, THEY WERE NOT HAPPY WHEN IT WAS REVEALED BECAUSE IT CAUGHT THEM OFF GUARD LAST NIGHT. THEY ARE MASSIVE SUPPORTERS OF ME AND HAVE DONE SO MUCH TO HELP ME BE THE BEST VERSION OF MYSELF. LIKE MUM SAYS, THERE IS NO BOOK ON HOW TO RAISE A CHILD WITH DISABILITY SO THEY ARE FLYING WITH A SET OF THEIR PARENTS, AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE REACTION. ANNA, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. IT WAS REALLY SPECIAL BUT I WAS SAD I COULD TO BE THERE. I WASN'T EXPECTING IT. THIS WILL BE MY THIRD GAMES AND THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF EXPERIENCES, BUT IT IS AN HONOUR TO BE SEEN IN THAT SPACE AND TO BE ABLE TO REPRESENT OUR TEAM IN AN OPENING CEREMONY CAN BE REALLY SPECIAL AND I CAN'T WAIT TO DO IT WITH CAM. IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY COOL. IT'S NOT JUST REPRESENTING YOUR TEAM AND THE SQUAD, IT IS THE COUNTRY. WE ARE ALL BACK AND YOU GUYS AND YOU ARE REPRESENTING US! HOW MUCH OF A SECRET DID YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT? I THINK IT HAS CHANGED MY PLANS OF GOING TO THE VILLAGE, WEIGHING UP WHAT THAT MEANT, AS I WAS GOING TO COME TO PARIS BEFORE THE END OF THE GAMES. IT'S BEEN REALLY FUN LETTING PEOPLE KNOW AND THEN SEEING IT ONLINE, A FEW MESSAGES AND PHONE CALLS TODAY, IT IS VERY SPECIAL TO BE ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH THE PEOPLE WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE. I'M THE ONE THAT DOES THE LONG JUMP BUT THERE ARE HEAPS OF PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. CAMERON, YOU ARE ENTERING YOUR FOURTH GAMES. WHAT IS THE FACE LIKE NOW IN TERMS OF TRAINING SESSION AND ENTRY INTO THE GAMES? IT'S NOT FUN RIGHT NOW. IS A REAL HARD TRAINING FATE AT THE MOMENT. IT IS NOT ENJOYABLE BUT I CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENT, AND I DON'T ENJOY IT. IT'S A REALLY HARD TRAINING PHASE. IT IS SITTING IS UP FOR SUCCESS IN A FEW WEEKS TIME. ANNA, WHAT IS YOUR TRAINING LIKE NOW? IT'S COOL, I AM AN THE UK TRAINING BEFORE GOING TO FRANCE. I AM WORKING ON FINAL TECHNICAL THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO GET ME THE MOST DISTANCE. YES, A FEW MORE COMPETITIONS TO GO BEFORE THE GAMES BUT I AM REALLY EXCITED. ANNA, CAMERON, GOOD LUCK AND GO WELL. CONGRATULATIONS, WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU. WE ARE BACKING YOU ALL THE WAY. THANKS! AND YOU CAN WATCH THE PARALYMPICS LIVE HERE ON TVNZ AND TVNZ+ AS WE ARE THE OFFICIAL BROADCASTER HERE IN AOTEAROA. IT KICKS OFF AUGUST 29. LOVE IT. ME U TONU MAI ` OUR POLITICAL PANEL RESPONDS TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE ABUSE IN STATE- AND FAITH-BASED CARE REPORT. THAT'S COMING UP NEXT. (POP MUSIC) VOICEOVER: Hello person not watching this ad? Yup, you on your mobile. Hey, did you know you could be ignoring this TV ad for less? How much less? 50% less. Get the skinny! SONG: # Happy happy happy aaaah! # (POP MUSIC) HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. 'A NATIONAL DISGRACE' ` THAT'S HOW THE ROYAL COMMISSION REPORT INTO ABUSE IN STATE- AND FAITH-BASED CARE DESCRIBED WHAT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF NEW ZEALANDERS HAD TO ENDURE. A FORMAL APOLOGY TO THE SURVIVORS WILL BE DELIVERED IN PARLIAMENT IN NOVEMBER, BUT THE REPORT FOUND SUCCESSIVE GOVERNMENT'S MINISTERS AND DEPARTMENTS FAILED THOSE SURVIVORS. OUR POLITICAL PANEL OF NATIONAL MINISTER CHRIS BISHOP AND LABOUR MP KIERAN MCANULTY ARE NORMALLY IN A JOVIAL MOOD. BUT THIS REPORT MAKES FOR VERY SOMBRE READING. MORENA, KI A KORUA. LET'S FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON WHAT IS NEXT. WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN AND ALSO, THAT THESE SURVIVORS ARE FULLY COMPENSATED, SO I GUESS I WILL START WITH YOU, CHRIS. HUNDRED 38 RECOMMENDATIONS, WILL THE GOVERNMENT ADOPT ALL 138? WE ARE GOING TO TAKE OUR TIME TO WORK AT THROUGH. I DON'T THINK IT IS REASONABLE TO ANSWER THAT STRAIGHT AWAY AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DON'T RUSH ON THAT, BECAUSE YESTERDAY WAS A REALLY IMPORTANT TODAY AND IT WAS THE GOVERNMENT ACKNOWLEDGING FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN NEW ZEALAND'S PAST HAPPENED. AND MANY OTHER SURVIVORS OF THE PAST HAVE MADE POINTS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A DENIAL OF THAT. THAT IS WHY THE ROYAL COMMISSION WAS SET UP, AND I GIVE CREDIT TO JACINDA ARDERN'S GOVERNMENT FOR THE SIDING *SETTING IT UP. THE PROCESS AND OF ITSELF IS REALLY IMPORTANT, BUT THE NEXT STEPS, WE WILL TAKE OUR TIME TO WORK AT THROUGH. THERE IS A FORMAL APOLOGY COMING ON THE TOP OF NOVEMBER, AND THAT WILL BE A REALLY IMPORTANT TODAY AS WELL. THE OTHER THING THAT GRANTED YESTERDAY WAS ACKNOWLEDGE FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT WHAT HAPPENED AT LAKE ALICE AMOUNTED TO TORTURE. IT WAS A HUGE, HUGE THING THAT MANY PEOPLE HAD BEEN CALLING FOR SO YESTERDAY WAS AS IF IT COULD TODAY AND... A SHAMEFUL PERIOD OF OUR HISTORY, AND WILL TAKE OUR TIME TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. THE PRIME MINISTER DOES SAY YESTERDAY THAT THERE WILL BE MORE CLARITY BY THE END OF THE YEAR. THAT'S WHAT, 4 1/2 TO 5 MONTHS. IS THAT AN ACCEPTABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE SURVIVORS, SOME WHO ARE COMING TO THE END OF THEIR LIVES, IS IT ACCEPTABLE FOR THEM TO WAIT FOR THAT CLARITY? THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH OF MINISTERIAL GROUPS SET UP, WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A VERY BUREAUCRATIC PROCESS ANSWER, BUT IT IS LITERALLY THE TRUTH. WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE REDRESS, AND THERE IS WORK UNDERWAY ON THAT, SO I WANT TO ASSURE EVERYONE LISTENING AND WATCHING THAT WE ARE WORKING HARD ON THIS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE DISINGENUOUS FOR ME TO SAY THAT WE WILL DO THE FOLLOWING THINGS WHEN THE REPORT LITERALLY LANDED YESTERDAY. IT IS 2600 PAGES AND WE OWE IT TO THE PEOPLE TO READ IT, BECAUSE WHAT THE CROWN HAS DONE IN THE PAST HAS NOT BEEN RIGHT. WANTS TO MAKE SURE WHAT WE DO NEXT IS WHAT WELL-CONSIDERED. THIS ENQUIRY BEGAN UNDER THE LAST GOVT. WAS YOUR GOVERNMENT TOO SLOW MOVING ON THESE RECOMMENDATIONS? IT NEEDED TO BE THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE ENQUIRY, AND NEEDED TO BE DONE AWAY WITH PEOPLE WITHOUT THEY COULD SHARE THEIR STORIES AND MEASURE WIRE TOUCH ON THAT, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COURAGE IT REQUIRED PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD. IT MUST HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY PAINFUL FOR EVERYBODY HAVING TO RELIVE THAT, BUT BY DOING THAT, THEY HAVE UNABLE TO THIS REPORT TO BE COMPLETED AND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BE GIVEN, SO NOW IT IS ON ALL OF PARLIAMENT TO WORK TOGETHER TO GET THIS DONE. IT ACTUALLY IS NOT JUST ON THE GOVERNMENT, IT IS ON ALL OF US. YES. WHILST WE ARE PROUD OF THAT AND WHILE WE ARE HAPPY WITH SOMETHING IS ESTABLISHED, WE DIDN'T GET EVERYTHING RIGHT AND WE DIDN'T DO EVERYTHING WE COULD, AND WHEN YOU ARE DOING THIS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE COMPLETELY UPFRONT AND HONEST. BECAUSE ANY PARTY, PARLIAMENT, RISKS CREATING OTHER INJUSTICES WHILE TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE ORIGINAL LONG AND SUSTAINED PERIOD OF INJUSTICE IF YOU'RE NOT HONEST ABOUT IT. YOU PUT IT UP, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT, KIERAN ` THIS REQUIRES IN ALL-GOVT APPROACH. HOW DO YOU DO THAT, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? I THINK, CERTAINLY, FOR OUR PART, THIS IS NOT ABOUT POLITICS. IT ISN'T ACTUALLY. THIS IS WHY WE HAD AN ALL-PARTY DEBATE IN EVERY PARTY SPOKE YESTERDAY AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE FINDINGS OF THE REPORT. THE NEXT STEP THEY HOPE WILL BE AS BIPARTISAN AS POSSIBLE. PARLIAMENT HAS ITS PROCESSES, AND WE HAVE TO WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE REPORT, BUT I HOPE THE ENDURING POLICY OUTCOMES AS A RESULT OF THIS WHICH WILL BE MAKING SURE IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN AND MY HOPE WILL BE THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD ON THAT, AND I THINK THERE IS GOODWILL ACROSS PARLIAMENT FOR THAT. THERE HAS TO BE, DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T POINT OUT THINGS EVERYTHING THEY COULD BE BETTER WHAT ABOUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, BUT THEN IT HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT THAT? THERE IS A CLEAR COMMITMENT FROM THE LABOUR PARTY THAT WE ARE AS INVESTED IN THIS AS A GOVERNMENT AS WE WILL WORK WITH THEM, ALONGSIDE THEM TO GET THIS RIGHT. IF WE THINK THERE COULD BE IMPROVEMENT, WE WILL SAY SO, BUT ON THE WHOLE, WILL BE FOCUSING ON THE OUTCOMES RATHER THAN MAKING A POLITICAL POINT, THERE IS NO ROOM FOR THAT. CHRIS BISHOP AND KIERAN MCANULTY JOINING US THIS MORNING. WE PRESENT YOU JOINING US THIS WEEK AS WE DO EVERY WEEK. E WHAI AKE NEI ` THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED SEVENS GAME BETWEEN THE ALL BLACKS AND SOUTH AFRICA HAS JUST FINISHED. WE'LL HAVE THAT RESULT FOR YOU NEXT. # TILL THE DAY THAT I DIE. # TILL THE DAY THAT I DIE. (CROWD CHEERS) (PLAYERS GRUNT) VOICEOVER: Your game face. A growl? (ROARING) A scowl? But you know what? The real game-changer isn't a scowl. It's a smile. SONG: # One, two, three, four! # (DRIVING HIP-HOP MUSIC) Yeah. There's nothing fiercer than a smile. (STARTER BUZZES) So next time you put on your game face, remember, smiling can boost your performance. (UPBEAT MUSIC) THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS HAVE JUST FINISHED IN THEIR GROUP CLASH AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA AT THE OLYMPICS. LET'S CROSS BACK TO GUY. WHO'S WON, GUY? TELL US, HOPEFULLY, SOME GOOD NEWS. EVEN IN, WINDY. SOME GOOD NEWS INDEED. NEW ZEALAND HAD BEATEN SOUTH AFRICA 17-5. THEY ARE INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS NOW. EXCELLENT. THEY BEAT JAPAN EARLIER. A VERY, VERY GOOD PERFORMANCE AS WELL. BERRY GOOD WITH THE HANDS. SOME SUPERB PASSES. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT JUST A COUPLE OF THE PIECES OF PLAY THAT LED THEM TO THIS VICTORY. NOW? NO.� HAVE WE GOT IT? THAT'S GOT TO BE UP THERE. OFFLOAD. HOW ABOUT THIS ONE? PUT THE SHOULDER DOWN. BALL GOES BACK THE OTHER WAY, AND THIS IS WHERE THE TRY IS SCORED. FINISHING OFF WITH VANESSA. HE CRUISES AROUND. IF IT PUT AND INITIALLY GETS HIM INTO FULL TILT. NUMBER 11. SO THE RAZZLE-DAZZLE OF THE HANDS PARTICULAR FROM THE ALL BLACKS SEVENTH WAS CRUCIAL IN WINNING THAT GAME. THIS WAS HUGE FOR THEM TO BEAT SOUTH AFRICA, BECAUSE THAT PUTS THEM INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS. THEY STILL HAVE TO PLAY IRELAND IN THEIR GROUP TOMORROW, BUT THAT RESULT DOESN'T MATTER. THEY PLAYED A QUARTER-FINAL LATER IN THE EVENING. YOU CAN HEAR THE ATMOSPHERE. WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE PERFORMANCE? IT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS AS WELL? ALWAYS A GOOD SIGN. THEY ARE GOING TO WIN GOLD. THERE YOU GO. I WAS ABOUT TO SAY, THERE ARE KIWI FANS ALL AROUND. THERE ARE EVEN FRENCH FANS WEARING ALL BLACKS JERSEYS. IT'S A GREAT START BY THE KIWIS. TELL US A BIT MORE ABOUT THAT ATMOSPHERE. IT LOOKS GREAT. HONESTLY... BONJOUR. WE NEED A STADIUM LIKE THIS IN NEW ZEALAND. EDEN PARK IS FANTASTIC, AND WE NEED SPORTING EVENTS THERE, BUT THIS IS TERRIFIC. THE ATMOSPHERE IS OUT OF THIS WORLD. LISTEN TO ALL THESE PEOPLE. THEY HAVE HAD A SUPERB NIGHT. JUST STRAIGHT THROUGH TO MAKE SURE THEY WON THEIR SECOND GAME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT AWESOME UPDATE. WE LOVE IT. KEEP IT GOING, GUY, AND ENJOY YOUR NIGHT. YES. GREAT. WE REFUSED TO TRY AND LOOK ONLINE TO GET AN UPDATE, BUT GUY LOOKED GREAT. HAVE YOU BEEN THERE? YES, WHEN THE ALL BLACKS TOURED. IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE THE ALL BLACKS BRAND IS GLOBAL, AND YOU SEE PEOPLE WITH THE JERSEYS OVERSEAS, AND YOU THINK THEY ARE KIWI, BUT THEY ARE FROM OVERSEAS. WELL DONE TO THE SEVENS. VERY EXCITING. IT'S 8 O'CLOCK. HERE'S WENDY WITH THE NEWS. A SURVIVOR OF STATE CARE ABUSE WANTS THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RAPE, TORTURE AND ABUSE OF CHILDREN NAMED AND SHAMED. THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TABLED ITS FINAL REPORT AT PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY, AND LABELLED THE TREATMENT OF MORE THAN 200,000 PEOPLE A 'STAIN' ON THE NATIONAL CHARACTER. THE REPORT MADE 138 RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH INCLUDED A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF LAWS AND SYSTEMS RELATING TO THE CARE OF CHILDREN. PRIME MINISTER CHRISTOPHER LUXON GAVE A BRIEF APOLOGY AT THE TABLING AND WILL MAKE A FORMAL APOLOGY IN NOVEMBER. THE PRIME MINISTER DID REALLY WELL YESTERDAY IN ADMITTING THAT THE WHOLE THING AROUND TORTURE, WHAT THAT ACTUALLY MEANS. AND THAT THE STATE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCUMULATION OVER TIME OF ABUSE DONE TO VERY VULNERABLE PEOPLE. THE REPORT ALSO RECOMMENDED POLICE INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE FOR INSTANCES OF TORTURE AND INHUMAN TREATMENT. A SPYING SCANDAL INVOLVING NEW ZEALAND'S WOMEN'S FOOTBALLERS HAS SEEN TWO CANADIAN OFFICIALS KICKED OUT OF THE PARIS OLYMPICS. IT'S BEEN REVEALED A DRONE WAS FLOWN OVER THE NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL TEAM TWICE WHILE THEY TRAINED. AN ASSISTANT COACH AND AN ANALYST HAVE BOTH BEEN REMOVED FROM THE CANADIAN TEAM AND WILL BE SENT HOME IMMEDIATELY AS PART OF SANCTIONS IMPOSED BY THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE. HEAD COACH BEV PRIESTMAN WILL ALSO STAND DOWN FROM CANADA'S MATCH AGAINST NEW ZEALAND TONIGHT. IT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. I OFFERED STRAIGHTAWAY FOR MY VOLUNTARY REMOVAL FROM THE GAME, AND, AGAIN, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO APOLOGISE TO OUR COUNTRY BUT ALSO TO NEW ZEALAND. THERE ARE DETAILS REGARDING THIS MOMENT, AND THOSE THAT DO NOT NECESSARILY SIT DIRECTLY WITH ME, BUT ULTIMATELY I AM ACCOUNTABLE FOR ANY ACTION THAT HAPPENS INSIDE OF THIS CAMP. THE NZOC SAYS IT'S SUPPORTING NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL AS IT EXPEDITES THE MATTER THROUGH FIFA'S DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE. IT'S TRULY SHOCKING, AND WE DO PRIDE OURSELVES ON THAT, ON BEING` OUR INTEGRITY, SO YEAH, IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED HIGH INTEGRITY* AND IT IS TAKING AWAY... FROM US FROM AN ENERGY PERSPECTIVE, BUT AS ASH SAID, WE ARE REALLY... DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR TEAM AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD A SMOOTH BUILD-UP SO FAR AND SO FOR THIS TO HAPPEN IS JUST ANOTHER` HAS BEEN ANOTHER THING TO OVERCOME. AND THE NEW ZEALAND MEN HAVE STARTED THE FIRST DAY OF THE RUGBY SEVENS WITH A PAIR OF WINS. AFTER COMFORTABLY BEATING JAPAN 40-12, THEY'VE BEATEN SOUTH AFRICA 17-5 TO GO UNBEATEN ON DAY ONE. THE RESULTS PUTTING THEM AT THE TOP OF THEIR GROUP AND ALREADY SET FOR THE QUARTER-FINALS TONIGHT. AND THE OLY-WHITES HAVE KICKED OFF THEIR CAMPAIGN WITH A 2-1 WIN OVER GUINEA. BEN WAIN BREAKING THE DEADLOCK WITH THE MATCH-WINNING GOAL IN THE 76th MINUTE. RESEARCHERS SAY THERE IS A CALLING FOR A CULTURAL SHIFT WITH WOMEN SIGNIFICANTLY UNDER-REPRESENTED IN MANAGEMENT ROLES. AN OTAGO UNIVERSITY STUDY HAS REVEALED WORKPLACES NEED MORE WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT, INSTEAD OF RELYING ON FEMALE BOARD APPOINTMENTS. RESEARCHERS FOUND WOMEN NEED TO BE PRESENT AT THE TOP LEVEL OF MANAGEMENT TO CREATE A PIPELINE OF WOMEN'S REPRESENTATION. RESEARCHER HELEN ROBERTS SAYS IT'S DOWN TO A NUMBER OF REASONS. IT'S MORE THAN THAT, THOUGH ` IT IS REALLY SETTING A STANDARD AND AN EXAMPLE AND SAYING THAT OUR ORGANISATION IS GOING TO HAVE REPRESENTATION THROUGHOUT ALL RANKS, AND THAT GIVES VOICE TO EVERYBODY WHO IS AND THE PIPELINE COMING IN AND TRAINING AND DEVELOPING AND GROWING, THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROGRESS, AS WELL AS THOSE AT THE TOP SETTING THE STANDARD TO MAKE SURE THERE IS EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE. UNITED NATIONS' STATISTICS FOR 2023 REVEAL AT THE CURRENT RATE, WOMEN WON'T ACHIEVE EQUAL MANAGERIAL REPRESENTATION WITH MEN FOR 140 YEARS. 18 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN A PLANE CRASH IN NEPAL. THE REGIONAL PASSENGER PLANE CRASHED WHILE IT WAS TAKING OFF FROM THE CAPITAL KATHMANDU. THE PILOT WAS THE ONLY SURVIVOR IN THE DISASTER. AUTHORITIES SAY THE PLANE WAS HEADED TO POKHARA FOR REGULAR MAINTENANCE. THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH REMAINS UNCLEAR. THE RECORD FOR THE HOTTEST DAY EVER RECORDED HAS BEEN BROKEN AGAIN, JUST A DAY AFTER THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS SET. PROVISIONAL DATA SHOWS THE AVERAGE GLOBAL SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE ON MONDAY REACHED 17.15 DEGREES CELSIUS, SURPASSING SUNDAY'S RECORD. PARTS OF EUROPE AND THE U.S. HAVE BEEN SWELTERING IN HEATWAVES, WHILE WILDFIRES HAVE BROKEN OUT IN SPAIN AND CANADA. CLIMATE SCIENTISTS HAVE CALLED THE TEMPERATURES ALARMING. AND FINALLY, MUSIC SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT HAS LENT SEVERAL ITEMS TO A MUSEUM IN LONDON FOR A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND EXHIBIT. THE 'TAYLOR SWIFT SONGBOOK TRAIL' IS MADE UP OF 13 INSTALLATIONS THROUGHOUT THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, FEATURING KEY OUTFITS AND INSTRUMENTS FROM THE MUSICIAN'S DIFFERENT ALBUMS OR 'ERAS'. VISITORS CAN FOLLOW THE TRAIL THROUGH THE MUSEUM'S GALLERIES, WHICH CAN TAKE UP TO 90 MINUTES TO COMPLETE. THE EXHIBIT WILL BE OPEN UNTIL SEPTEMBER. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` WHITIANGA, YOU'RE IN FOR A WARM, SUNNY DAY. AUCKLAND, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR MOST. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA. TAUPO, A FROSTY START TO YOUR MORNING. THAT WILL TURN BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON, KIRIKIRIROA. TO THE EAST COAST ` ANOTHER BRIGHT BLUE DAY ON THIS SIDE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. A SUNNY DAY FOR THE REGION. CLEAR SKIES FOR YOUR THURSDAY. 16 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. A HIGH OF 17 FOR MANY PLACES HERE. OVER TO THE WEST ` TAUMARUNUI, YOU ARE WAKING UP TO EARLY MORNING FOG, CLEARING TO CLOUD LATER IN THE DAY. A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR WHANGANUI AND IN THE CAPITAL. LOOKING STUNNING. 16 THE HIGH FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND LEVIN. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR NELSON, BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA. ELSEWHHERE, EXPECT SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 17 IS YOUR HIGH, BLENHEIM. HEADING SOUTH ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR THE MOST OF THE REGION. CHRISTCHURCH AND OAMARU ARE IN FOR BLUE SKIES. FROSTY START TO THE MORNING FOR ASHBURTON AND TIMARU, BUT YOU'LL GET SOME SUN AFTER LUNCH. 16 THE HIGH FOR ASHBURTON, TIMARU AND OAMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` EARLY MORNING SUN FOR QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN. SCATTERED CLOUDS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. CLOUD WERE CLEAR AFTER LUNCH. EUGENE RYDER JOINED BLACK POWER TO FIND COMMUNITY AMONG GANG MEMBERS, WHOSE NAMES HE'D SEEN WRITTEN ON THE WALLS OF THE BOYS' HOMES HE GREW UP IN. AN UNSPOKEN CONNECTION BETWEEN THEM ` THE ABUSE THEY'D ENDURED UNDER THE WATCH OF THE STATE. AND NOW 138 RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE ON HOW TO RESET THAT CARE SYSTEM INTO ONE THAT DOES JUST THAT, CARES. NOW A FORMER GANG MEMBER, AND SURVIVOR EXPERIENCES BOARD CO-CHAIR EUGENE RYDER IS WITH US THIS MORNING. MORENA. E HOA. IT HAS BEEN A WHILE. HOW ARE YOU? MORENA, DANIEL. TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT MOMENT YESTERDAY WHEN THE REPORT WAS FINALLY RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC. IT WAS QUITE EMOTIONAL. SEEING THE END RESULT OF THE ENQUIRY THAT THE ROYAK COMMISSION HAD DONE. WHAT WAS CLEAR WAS THAT DIFFERENT SURVIVORS HAD DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT REDRESS MIGHT LOOK LIKE, BUT WE WERE MORE UNIFIED IN THE FEELING OF BOTH SADNESS, JOY, AND FEELING FOR THOSE WHANAU WHO HAD LOST THOSE THAT DIDN'T SURVIVE. IT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL DAY YESTERDAY. YOU TALK ABOUT RE-DRESS. WHAT TYPE OF REDRESS SYSTEM WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE? FIRST AND FOREMOST, ONE THAT DOESN'T ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN TO ANY OF OUR CHILDREN ` THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME. AND LIKE I SAID, DIFFERENT SURVIVORS HAVE DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS. SOME WANT COMPENSATION. SOME WANT SYSTEM CHANGE. SOME JUST WANT TO BE BELIEVED. AND FULL CREDIT TO OUR PAYMENTS TEASE TODAY ` WHEN HE SPOKE THE WORDS YOU'VE BEEN HURT, YOU HAVE BEEN BELIEVED, MY SISTER AND I BROKE DOWN. FOR A LONG TIME WE HAD NEVER BEEN HEARD AND NEVER BEEN BELIEVED. THIS REPORT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT IT IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTEXT OF GANGS. YES, A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO THE BLACK POWER SUBMITTED TO THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL ABOUT THIS VERY THING. NOT FOR ANY COMPENSATION, NOT FOR ANY CLAIM, BUT TO JUST HELP SOCIETY UNDERSTAND WHY WE EXIST, WHY WE ENDED UP IN THE PLACES THAT WE ENDED UP IN. BACK THEN, I THINK SOCIETY LOOKED AT WHAT WE ENDED UP AS AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE WERE WHICH WERE YOUNG BOYS IN CARE. WHEN THAT SHIFT CHANGED, THE ROYAL COMMISSION WAS STARTED. IT IS VINDICATION. AND IT IS NOT AN EXCUSE FOR SOME OF THE BEHAVIOURS, BUT IT IS A HOPE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT SOME OF US, IT WAS NOT A CHOICE. IT WAS A NATURAL GRAVITATION TOWARDS THOSE THAT SHARED SIMILAR BACKGROUNDS. EUGENE, JUST LISTENING TO YOU THEN, HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT CONTEXT WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT REFORMING THE CARE SYSTEM? I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. WHEN WE THINK ABOUT TODAY, THE TERM 'IN CARE' FOR A LOT OF WHANAU IS A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION. JUST THOSE WORDS ` WE ALL WANT OUR CHILDREN TO BE CARED FOR. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT PRESENTS TO THE GOVERNMENT TODAY IS TO WORK WITH WHANAU. NOT SO MUCH HAPU AND IWI, BUT WHANAU THAT THESE CHILDREN INEVITABLY GO BACK TO WHEN THEY COME OUT OF THAT SYSTEM. THEN THEY HAVE CHILDREN, AND THE CYCLE CONTINUES. THERE IS A LOT OF CONCENTRATION AT THE MOMENT ON THE CHILD AS AN INDIVIDUAL, NOT WITH THE WHANAU TO HELP GET THEMSELVES INTO BETTER SPACES. WHAT DOES THAT CARE SYSTEM LOOK LIKE TO YOU? NOT JUST SUPPORTING VULNERABLE CHILDREN BUT ALSO THE WIDER FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. I SUPPOSE THERE HAS GOT TO BE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT WHANAU EXIST IN THE LIVES OF THESE TAMARIKI. TAKING A CHILD FROM THEIR WHANAU DOESN'T SEVER THE TIES THAT THEY INEVITABLY HAVE. WHEN A CHILD COMES OUT OF CARE, THEY GO BACK INTO THE ENVIRONMENT THAT GOT THEM THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. KIND OF LIKE A REHAB, YOU ARE CLEAN FOR THE THREE MONTHS IN REHAB, BUT IF YOU ARE GOING BACK TO THE SAME DRUG DEALERS THAT GOT YOU THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, THE WORK HASN'T BEEN COMPLETED. SO I SUPPOSE A CONCENTRATION ON WHANAU BEING INVOLVED AT EVERY LEVEL. HE TALKED ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT ISSUING AN APOLOGY LATER ON IN THE YEAR. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT APOLOGY? FOR SOME, IT IS IRRELEVANT. FOR SOME, THAT IS ALL THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR. I REMEMBER BEING IN A HOME AND BEING MADE TO APOLOGISE AND THEN TOLD TO SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT. SO THE APOLOGY WILL BE ACCEPTED WITH ACTION. AS WE NO, WORDS MEAN VERY LITTLE WITHOUT ACTION FOLLOWING IT. WILL THE APOLOGY HELP SURVIVORS MOVE ON? I THINK IT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THAT. WHERE THE APOLOGY TAKES PLACE IS IMPORTANT. WE HEARD SOME OF THE KORERO YESTERDAY IN PARLIAMENT ABOUT AN APOLOGY BEING IN A PLACE THAT REPRESENTS THE STATE THAT ABUSED OUR PEOPLE. I UNDERSTAND OUR PRIME MINISTER, THAT IS WHERE HE WANTS TO START. I AM HOPING THAT THE STATE COMES TO SURVIVORS, AS OPPOSED TO ASKING SURVIVORS TO COME TO THE STATE. EUGENE, THE PUBLIC HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS REPORT. IT IS HARROWING. IT IS A TOUGH READ, A DARK READ. WHY DO YOU THINK IT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE IN THIS COUNTRY TO PICK IT UP AND READ IT? IT IS PART OF OUR RECENT HISTORY. IT WILL HELP THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND WHY SOME OF OUR PEOPLE ARE IN THE ENVIRONMENT THAT THEY ARE IN. AS I SAID EARLIER, IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A CHOICE THAT PEOPLE HAVE MADE TO BE IN THESE SPACES. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE COMMONALITY BETWEEN ALL THE SUBMISSIONS, NONE OF THOSE CHILDREN WANTED TO BE IN THE PLACES THEY WERE. ADMITTEDLY, SOME OF THEM CAME FROM ABUSIVE HOMES, AND THEY WERE PUT INTO STATE CARE TO BE CARED FOR. THEY WERE LESS SAFE IN THOSE SPACES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. APPRECIATED AND GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. KIA ORA, DANIEL. IF YOU OR ANYONE YOU KNOW NEEDS HELP, PLEASE CONTACT THE NUMBERS ON SCREEN NOW. THESE ARE THE NUMBERS IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF HELP. IT IS 8:15. E WHAI AKE NEI ` FOODIE FANS TAKE NOTICE! MASTERCHEF STAR POH IS IN AOTEAROA, AND SHE'S COOKING US A FAVOURITE RECIPE NEXT. (UPBEAT MUSIC) # YOU GOT THAT JAMES DEAN, DAYDREAM LOOK IN YOUR EYE. # AND I'VE GOT THAT RED LIP, CLASSIC THING THAT YOU LIKE. WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS INTERVIEW. MASTERCHEF FANS ` TUNE AND RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE A FEW WEEKS AGO WE SPOKE TO CONTESTANT-TURNED-JUDGE POH LING YEOW. WELL, NOW SHE'S IN THE COUNTRY SO WE HAD TO SPEAK AGAIN. WE HAD TO GET HER UP ON CAMERA. WHAT BETTER TIME THAN THIS TIME? JUDGE POH, WE ARE NOT WORTHY. WELCOME TO NEW ZEALAND. OH, DON'T SAY THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME, DANIEL. YES, BUT CAN WE JUST TAKE A PAUSE FOR A MOMENT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW NEW ZEALAND IS WATCHING MASTERCHEF. YESTERDAY'S EPISODE WAS ALL ABOUT FOOD HEROES. EVERYONE IS CRYING. YOU WERE CRYING AS WELL. IT WAS SUCH AN EMOTIONAL WATCH. JUST QUIETLY, AS HARRY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FINALISTS? HERE'S MY FAVOURITE. CAN YOU JUST... I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT. AND THE WHOLE OF NEW ZEALAND. HE IS MY FAVOURITE. WE'RE SITTING HERE WATCHING. WE HAVE FANS OF SAV AND NAT. SEE YOU CAN'T GIVE US ANY HINT? NO, I CAN'T. IT IS CONTRACTUAL. I'M NOT ALLOWED. ALL RIGHT, THEN. I COULDN'T TELL YOU. IT HAS BEEN... I'VE GOT SOME DUMPLINGS COOKING. THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING AT THE FOOD SHOW TODAY. THESE ARE MY PORK AND CABBAGE DUMPLINGS. THEY ARE JUST GOING TO FINISH FRAYING OFF THERE. HOW TO MAKE THEM FROM SCRATCH. DON'T THEY LOOK CUTE? THEY DO LOOK VERY CUTE. I SHOULD BE THERE NEXT TO YOU. BUT THEY DO LOOK VERY CUTE. HOW DO YOU MAKE THEM FROM SCRATCH? WHAT I'VE GOT HERE IS A PORK, CABBAGE, SPRING ONION, RICE WINE, SESAME OIL, SOY, AND I THINK THAT'S IT. AND THEN THESE ARE MY DUMPLING SKINS WHICH ARE MADE FROM PLAIN FLOUR. PEOPLE THINK IT'S LOTS OF FANCY THINGS, BUT IT IS JUST PLAIN FLOUR WITH HOT WATER NEEDED INTO A PLAYABLE DOUGH. AND IN THIS BIT REQUIRES A BIT OF SKILL. THIS IS THE ROLLING OF THE WRAPPER. THAT IS NOT HOW I WOULD ROLL. DOESN'T LOOK AS EASY AS WHAT WE ARE SEEING? YOU DO NEED TO BE A BIT MORE PRACTISED WITH THIS ONE. (LAUGHS) I AM MAKING IT LOOK EASY. JUST COME BACK HERE. WE ARE CHINESE MALAYSIANS, AND THIS IS VERY MUCH A MAINLAND CHINESE STYLE `. BUT I LEARNED HOW TO MAKE IT FROM ONE OF MY MUM'S FRIENDS. IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE LOVES. WHO DOESN'T LOVE A POT STICKER? ME. AND WHAT IS THE SECRET TO IT? BECAUSE I ADD BUTTER AND OIL BUT IT STILL STICKS TO THE PAN. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? IT IS PROBABLY YOUR PAN, TO BE HONEST. AND WHEN YOU PUT IT INTO THE PAN, YOU NEED TO GIVE IT A BIT OF A SHUFFLE TO MAKE SURE IT IS NOT STICKING. A LITTLE SHUGGLE, AND IF YOU DON'T, IF THERE IS SOME SORT OF FLOWER RESIDUE ON THE BOTTOM, IT CAN CATCH. WHAT I HAVE DONE HERE IS ACTUALLY A STEAM-FRY METHOD. I'VE PUT A BIT OF OIL WITH ABOUT A CENTIMETRE OF WATER, PUT THE DUMPLINGS IN THERE AND PUT A LID ON IT. THAT WILL STEAM THE DUMPLINGS, COOK THE PORK INSIDE AND ALSO STEAM IT ON TOP, AND IT WILL SLOWLY CARAMELISED THE BOTTOMS THEY MAKE IT NICE AND CRISPY. WHAT ARE THE MISTAKES THAT PEOPLE MAKE WHEN THEY COOK DUMPLINGS? I THINK THEY TEND TO THINK THAT IT IS A REALLY DIFFICULT THING. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THIS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO. YOU CAN JUST BUY STORE BOUGHT SKINS. JUST THE WHITE ONES FROM THE SUPERMARKET ` AND THEN MAKE YOUR OWN FILLING AND SOURCE. THAT IS STILL A PRETTY WHOLESOME, PRETTY MUCH MADE FROM SCRATCH MEAL. TELL US WHAT BRINGS YOU HERE. THE FOOD SHOW. (LAUGHS) I'VE MADE A LITTLE BIT OF A FAMILY TRIP TO AUCKLAND, BECAUSE I HAVE SOME RELATIVES HERE. JUST ASKING FOR A FRIEND ` AS HARRY GOING TO BE IN THE FINAL? OH, STOP, DANIEL. HE IS VERY PERSISTING, ISN'T HE? I ADMIRE IT. DON'T YOU WANT TO FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF? YOU DON'T WANT IT WRECKED, DO YOU? HERE IS THE DUMPLINGS DONE. DESPITE WHAT PEOPLE THINK, YOU WANT TO TURN THEM OVER ONCE THEY ARE COOKED. WHAT THAT DOES IS KEEPS THOSE BOTTOMS NICE AND CRISPY WHEN YOU EAT THEM. LOVE IT. SO GOOD. THAT IS ONE CLASSIC MISTAKE PEOPLE MAKE. THEY LEAVE THEM ON THEIR CRISPY BOTTOMS, AND IT GOES SOGGY. IT IS JENNY MAY HERE. I AM ONE OF THE OTHER HOSTS ON THE SHOW. I WAS ACTUALLY SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS INTERVIEW, BUT DANIEL, HE STOLE THIS INTERVIEW OFF ME. ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE YOU. I WANT TO SAY HOW ON THE SHOW YOU GET THE BALANCE RIGHT BETWEEN GIVING PEOPLE SOME REALLY GOOD, HONEST FEEDBACK, BUT THEN YOU SURROUND IT WITH LOVE. I LOVE YOU. THAT IS ALL I WANTED TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. NOT AS MUCH AS I LOVE YOU, POH. AND HARRY WHO IS GOING TO TAKE IT OUT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. TOP FIVE AT THE MOMENT. DO WE GET THOSE DUMPLINGS? HAVE TO GO TO THE AUCKLAND FOOD SHOW. ALL RIGHT. AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE POH ON THE JUDGMENT SIDE OF COOKING, MASTERCHEF AUSTRALIA CONTINUES FROM SUNDAY-WEDNESDAY ON TV1 AND TVNZ+. YES! WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL SUNDAY? YES YOU DO. TO SEE WHOEVER GOES TO THE TOP FOUR. A MURI I NGA WHAKATAIRANGA ` YOUR 8.30 NEWS, SPORT AND WEATHER. PLUS, WE LOVE TO GIVE OUR PETS TREATS, BUT WHEN IS TOO MANY TOO MANY? WHY THE SPCA WANTS OTHER DOGS TO NOT HAVE THE SAME EXPERIENCE AS NUGGI. ARE YOU SERIOUS? (MELLOW MUSIC) HOKI MAI ANO, WELCOME BACK. A GANG MEMBER WHO SUFFERED ABUSE WHILE IN STATE CARE SAYS IT'S CLEAR SURVIVORS HAVE DIFFERENT VIEWS ON WHAT COMPENSATION MIGHT LOOK LIKE. EUGENE RYDER SAYS HE JOINED BLACK POWER TO FIND 'COMMUNITY' AMONG GANG MEMBERS, WHO COULD RELATE TO THE ABUSE HE SUFFERED. HE HOPES THE GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR REDRESS, AFTER THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TABLED ITS FINAL REPORT AT PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY. IT'S UNDERSTOOD THE COST OF COMPENSATION WILL BE CLOSE TO $250b. SURVIVORS HAVE DIFFERENT EXPECTATIONS. SOMEONE COMPENSATION, SOME WANT SYSTEM CHANGE. AND SOME JUST WANT TO BE BELIEVED, AND FULL CREDIT TO TWO-HOUR PRIME MINISTER YESTERDAY. WHEN HE SAID, YOU HAVE BEEN HEARD MY SISTER AND I BROKE DOWN. FOR A LONG TIME, WE WERE NEVER HEARD OR BELIEVED. THE REPORT MADE 138 RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH INCLUDED A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF LAWS AND SYSTEMS RELATING TO THE CARE OF CHILDREN. A FORMER HATO HONE SAINT JOHN EMPLOYEE HAS TOLD BREAKFAST, FATIGUE OFTEN IMPACTS WORKERS' ABILITY TO TREAT PATIENTS. HATO HONE SAINT JOHN AND THE GOVERNMENT ARE BEING ACCUSED OF LYING OVER AMBULANCE OFFICER STAFFING LEVELS; THAT'S ACCORDING TO FIRST UNION. SPEAKING TO BREAKFAST UNDER ANONYMITY, A FORMER SAINT JOHN WORKER WHO RECENTLY MOVED TO AUSTRALIA SAYS STAFF ARE OFTEN TREATED LIKE A STATISTIC. YOU'RE A BUM ON THE SEAT. YOU'RE BASICALLY THERE TO JUST WORK THE 12 HOURS. YOU NEVER FINISH ON TIME, AND YOU GET YOUR ONE HALF-AN-HOUR BREAK IN THAT 12 HOURS, AND THAT'S THAT. YOU FEEL VERY MUCH LIKE YOU'RE A STATISTIC, YOU'RE KEEPING THEM HAPPY, YOU'RE TURNING UP FOR WORK. IN A STATEMENT, HATO HONE SAINT JOHN SAID IT'S COMMITTED TO WORKING IN GOOD FAITH, AND WILL ADDRESS KEY ISSUES DIRECTLY WITH THE UNIONS. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU HAS ADDRESSED CONGRESS IN WASHINGTON DC AS THOUSANDS OF PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS MARCHED ON THE CAPITOL. IN HIS SPEECH, NETANYAHU CONDEMNED THE DEMONSTRATORS, SAYING THEY CHOOSE TO 'STAND WITH EVIL'. POLICE DETAINED AND USED PEPPER SPRAY ON PROTESTERS WHO THEY SAY FAILED TO OBEY ORDERS TO STAY BACK FROM THE POLICE LINE. NETANYAHU HAS FACED MOUNTING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE OVER THE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN DEATHS IN GAZA AND FAILING TO FREE THE HOSTAGES TAKEN BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7th. THE OLYMPICS HAS BEEN SHAKEN BY A SPYING SCANDAL INVOLVING THE NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL TEAM. TEAM CANADA HAS BEEN CAUGHT NOT ONCE, BUT TWICE USING A DRONE TO CHECK OUT THE FOOTBALL FERNS WHILE THEY TRAINED. OUR EUROPE CORRESPONDENT MEI HERON SENT THIS REPORT FROM PARIS. THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE ARE MAINTAINING THAT THOSE RECORDINGS THAT WERE TAKEN BY THE DRONE ONLY STAYED IN THE HANDS OF THE DRONE OPERATOR. THAT DRONE OPERATOR NOW HAS BEEN SENT HOME, ALONG WITH THE ASSISTANT COACH. THE HEAD COACH BEV PRIESTMAN, SHE IS STANDING DOWN FROM THE GAME BETWEEN CANADA AND NEW ZEALAND TOMORROW, BUT WILL STAY HERE FOR THE REST OF THE TOURNAMENT. THAT IS BECAUSE SHE'S INSISTING SHE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE RECORDINGS. NOW THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SAY SENDING THE TWO OTHER KEY STAFF MEMBERS HOME WAS THE RIGHT DECISION. THE REMOVAL OF TWO KEY STAFF FROM CANADA SOCCER AND ITS TEAM, AND THE HEAD COACH MISSING THE FIRST MATCH OF THE OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE DEBATED BY SOME. WE BELIEVE THAT THESE ACTIONS AND THE MANDATORY ETHICS EDUCATION THAT WE HAVE IMPOSED AT LEAST MITIGATE ANY ADVANTAGE CANADA MAY HAVE HAD OR BE SEEN TO HAVE HAD AGAINST NEW ZEALAND FOOTBALL AND THEIR WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM. THE NEW ZEALAND OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAVE SAID THEY ARE DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT WHAT'S TAKEN PLACE AND ARE SHOCKED, AND THAT EVERYONE IS FEELING VERY SAD ABOUT IT ALL AND IS FEELING THAT THE FOOTBALL FERNS LEAD UP INTO THIS MATCH HAS BEEN SEVERELY DISRUPTED. DESPITE THAT, THOUGH, THERE ARE PLENTY OF INVESTIGATIONS THAT ARE STILL GOING ON, INCLUDING ONE FROM THE OLYMPICS INTEGRITY UNIT, AS WELL AS FIFA, SO THERE MAY BE MORE REPERCUSSIONS TO COME. AND FOOTBALL FERNS CAPTAIN ALI RILEY HAS WITHDRAWN FROM THE OLYMPICS ON MEDICAL GROUNDS. THE VETERAN DEFENDER SAYS SHE HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH A NERVE INJURY FOR THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS. MICHAELA FOSTER HAS JOINED THE SQUAD TO REPLACE RILEY. AND THE MEN'S FOOTBALLERS HAVE ALSO MADE A GOOD START TO THEIR CAMPAIGN IN PARIS. THEY'VE BEATEN GUINEA 2-1; BEN WAIN NETTING THE WINNER IN THE SECOND HALF. ...GETS THE SQUARE BALL IN AND NEW ZEALAND ARE BACK IN FRONT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. WITHIN A MATTER OF MINUTES, THEY HAVE STRUCK TRUE... NEXT UP FOR THE OLY-WHITES ARE THE UNITED STATES ON SUNDAY. AND NEW ZEALAND'S ALREADY THROUGH TO THE QUARTER-FINALS OF THE MEN'S SEVENS IN PARIS AFTER A PAIR OF WINS ON DAY ONE. THEY'VE BEATEN JAPAN 40-12 AND SOUTH AFRICA 17-5. IT'S NEIL ON THE END OF THE NINE. MOSES NEIL CHOPPING AND WEAVING. AND NEW ZEALAND HAVE GONE 80m WITH SOME SUMPTUOUS SEVENS. THEY HAVE ONE MORE POOL GAME AGAINST IRELAND EARLY TOMORROW MORNING BEFORE THE KNOCK-OUT GAMES GET UNDERWAY. AND TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR WEATHER THIS MORNING. TO THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY ` WHITIANGA, YOU'RE IN FOR A WARM, SUNNY DAY. AUCKLAND, YOU CAN EXPECT SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS THROUGHOUT YOUR DAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR MOST. FURTHER SOUTH ` A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR TAURANGA, WHAKATANE AND ROTORUA. TAUPO, A FROSTY START TO YOUR MORNING. THAT WILL TURN BLUE SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON. 16 THE HIGH FOR HAMILTON, KIRIKIRIROA. 14 FOR TOKOROA. TO THE EAST COAST ` ANOTHER BRIGHT BLUE DAY ON THIS SIDE OF THE NORTH ISLAND. A SUNNY DAY FOR THE REGION. CLEAR SKIES FOR YOUR THURSDAY. 17 THE HIGH FOR GISBORNE, NAPIER AND HASTINGS. OVER TO THE WEST ` TAUMARUNUI, YOU ARE WAKING UP TO EARLY MORNING FOG, CLEARING TO CLOUD LATER IN THE DAY. A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR WHANGANUI AND IN THE CAPITAL. 16 THE HIGH FOR PALMERSTON NORTH AND LEVIN. TO TE WAIPOUNAMU, THE SOUTH ISLAND ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR NELSON, BLENHEIM AND KAIKOURA. GREYMOUTH AND HOKITIKA, EXPECT SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. 15 IS YOUR HIGH, BLENHEIM. *17 HEADING SOUTH ` A GLORIOUS DAY FOR THE MOST OF THE REGION. FROSTY START TO THE MORNING FOR ASHBURTON AND TIMARU, BUT YOU'LL GET SOME SUN AFTER LUNCH. 16 THE HIGH FOR CHRISTCHURCH AND TIMARU. TO THE DEEP SOUTH ` EARLY MORNING SUN FOR QUEENSTOWN AND DUNEDIN. SCATTERED CLOUDS FOR YOUR AFTERNOON. MILFORD SOUND, EXPECT SOME LIGHT SHOWERS LATER IN THE DAY. 15 THE HIGH FOR DUNEDIN. THERE ARE WARNINGS FROM THE SPCA TO FEED YOUR PETS WITH LOVE, BUT NOT OVERFEED THEM WITH FOOD. AN AUCKLAND WOMAN IS PROSECUTED FOR FAILING TO MEET HER MORBIDLY OBESE DOG'S PHYSICAL, HEALTH, AND BEHAVIOURAL NEEDS. NUGGI THE DOG WEIGHED MORE THAN 50kg WHEN HE CAME INTO THE SPCA'S CARE. HE LATER DIED. FOR MORE ON OVERFEEDING, WE'RE JOINED BY SPCA SCIENTIFIC OFFICER ALISON VAUGHAN. MORENA, ALISON. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN. THAT PHOTO IS A SHOCKER. WHAT HAPPENED? IT ABSOLUTELY IS. ANY REASONABLE PERSON COULD LOOK AT THE DOG AND THINK HE IS MORBIDLY OBESE, SO OVERFEEDING AND FITTING OF THE WRONG FOODS. HOW TO BE OVERWEIGHT WAS HE? MORBIDLY. IT IS A GROWING ISSUE WORLDWIDE, AND A LOT OF US WOULD KNOW THAT HE IS OVERWEIGHT, BUT WE ARE OFTEN NOT SPLITTING WHEN OUR OWN ANIMALS OVERWEIGHT. IT'S INTERESTING THAT A LOT OF US WOULDN'T KNOW, YOU SAY. THIS IS AT THE EXTREME END. WE KNOW FROM SURVEYS THAT 45% OF PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY IDENTIFY AN OVERWEIGHT DOG AS IDEAL WEIGHT. THERE'S A SENSE OF WHAT IS NORMAL SHIFTING. THAT I THINK THAT YOU CAN DO, THERE ARE LOTS OF TOOLS. ON HEALTHY ANIMAL, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHEN YOU VIEW FROM ABOVE AND ICE WASTE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL THE RIBS WERE NOT HAVE THE POKING OUT. FEEL THE RIBS IS BEHIND THE FRONT LEG. IF IT FEELS LIKE YOUR KNUCKLES, TOO SKINNY. IF IT FEELS LIKE THE PALM OF YOUR HAND, TOO CHUBBY. THE GOLDILOCKS HEALING IS THE BACK OF YOUR HAND ` BE ABLE TO FEEL THEM. IF YOU RUN YOUR HANDS ACROSS YOUR KNUCKLES, THAT WOULD BE TOO BONY. BUT IF YOU HAVE YOUR HAND ACROSS YOUR PALM, THAT'S TOO CHUBBY. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL EACH BUMP. THAT IS GOOD WAY OF CHECKING IN AND REALLY MONITORING AND ADJUSTING, BECAUSE IT HAS HAPPENED WITH MY OWN VET. JUST NEEDS TO BE CHECKED AND REGULARLY, SO IF THEY ARE CHUBBY, REDUCE FEEDING AND THEY CAN HELP YOU OUT WITH A DIET AT THE BIT. MY CATS GET THEIR FOOD THROUGH PUZZLE FEEDERS, SO THEY HAVE TO PLAY WITH THEIR FOOD AND ATTACKED THEM A BIT MORE TIME AND IT IS MORE INTERACTIVE. AND WE THINK ABOUT HOW OUR PETS WOULD NATURALLY EAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO SOME WORK TO GET THE FOOD. IT SLOWS THEM DOWN AND HELP THEM FEEL MORE FULL. HOW COMMON IS IT THAT YOU ARE SEEING OBESE PETS COMING IN? IS IT QUITE COMMON? FOR SPCA, WE ARE OFTEN SEEN THE OTHER END OF THE SCALE, BUT MOST OF ITS WATCHING WILL RECOGNISE THAT MANY COMPANION ANIMALS ARE GETTING MORE CHUBBY ` NOT JUST DOGS BUT CATS, RABBITS, HORSES. REALLY? WOW, THAT IS OF CONCERN. E WHAI AKE NEI ` JUDGING IS UNDERWAY FOR THE ANNUAL PIE AWARDS. WHO'S THE EARLY FRONT RUNNER YOU RECKON, LUC? I AM SLOWLY GETTING THROUGH THE 5000 PIES THAT ARE HERE. NEXT WE WILL FIND OUT EXACTLY HOW THEY ARE JUDGED. AND DON'T FORGET TO BLOW ON IT. # OH, NO. # THINKING ABOUT YOU AT NIGHT. WELCOME BACK. I'M GOING TO GET IT IS BECAUSE YOU BOTH ARE DEMOED A PIE. I DIDN'T EVEN BLOW ON IT, THAT'S THE THING. THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT? TAKES ME BACK TO THE FORM 3 AT SCHOOL, THE TUCKSHOP PIES. IN A NATION OF PIE-LOVERS, WE ALL THINK WE'RE A GOOD PIE JUDGE. BUT NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE EXPERTS TO DECIDE WHERE IN THE COUNTRY HAS THE BEST PIE. THE BAKELS NEW ZEALAND SUPREME PIE AWARDS IS HEATING UP WITH BAKERS FROM ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH TO THE TOP OF THE NORTH EAGER TO SHOW OFF THEIR FLAKY, GOLDEN MASTERPIECES. LUCY IS IN THE KITCHEN WITH THE JUDGES THIS MORNING. MORENA, LUCY. 5000 PIES, THAT IS A LOT. I KNOW. SHE CUT ALL OF THESE PIES, THEY HAVE TRAVELLED UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY TO HERE, WHERE IT IS REALLY SATIN TO HEAT UP, MOSTLY BECAUSE THE OVEN KEEPS OPENING AND CLOSING, BUT ALSO BECAUSE THE COMPETITION IS HEATING UP. LIKE I SAID, 5000 PIES AND A LOT OF JUDGING GOING ON BEHIND ME. YOU GO THAT I MIGHT THINK THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO JUDGE A PIE, BUT SOMEONE WHO TRULY DOES IS SID. YOU ARE A JUDGE HERE AT THE PIE AWARDS. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU LOOK FOR? THE PASTRY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, BECAUSE IT IS THE FIRST INITIAL LOOK. INTO, HOW HAS THAT BEEN CUT, HOW IS THE FLAKINESS, CAN YOU SMELL THAT LITTLE... BUTTERINESS IN THERE. AND SEE HOW IT IS COMPILED AND PUT TOGETHER SO BEAUTIFULLY, SO I THINK IT IS THE FINE BALANCE OF THE PASTRY AND THE FILLING, THE TEXTURES, THE INGREDIENTS USED. IT HAS HAPPENED EXACTLY WHERE YOU EAT IT AND YOU'RE LIKE, MMMM. IT IS LIKE YOU WANT TO KEEP EATING IT EVERY DAY. WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT, THE LOOK FOR THE TASTE? THE DIFFERENCE OF THIS PRIOR TO THE OTHER PIE, AND THEN WHEN YOU EAT IT, IT IS OF COURSE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE LOOKS CAN BE DECEPTIVE. THE FILLING CAN MAKE YOU SO HAPPY AND MAKE YOU GO, OH, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STEAK AND CHEESE PIES THAT YOU EAT, BUT JUST THAT LITTLE CHANGE OR TWEAK THAT SOME OF THE CONTESTANTS WILL DO WILL SET HIM APART. TALKING ABOUT LITTLE TWEAKS, I HAVE HEARD THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE COMING UP WITH CRAZY COMBINATIONS. LIKE LASAGNE PIES, SAUSAGE ROLL PIES, THINGS LIKE THAT. DO YOU THINK, STICK TO THE ORIGINAL YOU HAVE TO HAVE SOME ORIGINAL, BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET CREATIVE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO EAT SOME DIFFERENT. YOU WANT TO BUY THE CHICKEN PIE, YOU WANT A THAI RED CURRY PIE. IT IS NICE TO HAVE DIFFERENT EXOTIC MEATS AND THAT AS WELL. EVEN A VEGETARIAN PIES, THERE IS A LOT OF FUN IT CAN BE HAD WITH THAT. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SPECIAL JUDGE, YOUR DAUGHTER. COME ON OVER. THIS IS ZOIYA. YOU ARE A JUDGE THIS YEAR, WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FOR THE WINNER? SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFERENT AND STANDS OUT TO THE OTHER PIES, HAS THE X FACTOR, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT TOO OVERPOWERING. AND QUITE SIMILAR TO THE SAME TIME. OH MY GOSH, SOUNDS LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. I AM IN A ROOM FULL OF EXPERTS. I AM GOING TO CONTINUE TO EAT MY PIE, BUT WE WILL BE FINDING OUT THE WINNER NEXT TUESDAY. AND THEY WON'T JUST WIN THE TITLE, BUT WILL PROBABLY WIN A BREAKING RATES FOR THE NEXT YEAR. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. LUCY, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE ALWAYS NEED TO MODERNISE OUR CLASSIC STAPLES. WHY DO WE NEED TO TOUCH PIES AND CHANGE THEM INTO LASAGNE ONCE? WHY NOT KEEP THE CLASSICS? MOVE WITH THE TIMES, D. SHE LIKES A BUTTER CHICKEN PIE. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. IT IS 8:51. MOVE ON. E HAERE AKE NEI ` THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS HAVE GONE TWO FROM TWO THIS MORNING, AND THERE MAY BE A HIDDEN REASON FOR THEIR SUCCESS. WE'LL FIND OUT NEXT. IT'S NOT PIES. IT MIGHT BE! (POP MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BREAKFAST. THE ALL BLACKS SEVENS HAVE GONE TWO FROM TWO, SAILING INTO THE QUARTER-FINALS OF THE SEVENS. WHOO! AS FOR WHO WILL ULTIMATELY TAKE HOME GOLD IN THE SPORT, ONE AUCKLAND ECONOMICS PROFESSOR BELIEVES HE HAS THE ANSWER ` USING AN ALGORITHM TO PREDICT THE WINNER. HOW DOES IT WORK? WELL, IT TAKE PAST GAME STATISTICS TO RATE THE STRENGTH OF EACH TEAM. THE RATINGS ARE THEN USED TO SIMULATE THE EXPECTED OUTCOME OF EACH GAME. THE TOURNAMENT IS THEN SIMULATED 10,000 TIMES. I MEAN, WHAT? THIS IS WHAT HIS ALGORITHM IS SUGGESTING FOR THE MEN'S SIDE ` OH, WHAT? ONE, TWO, THREE, WE ARE FIFTH? BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WOMEN? THIS IS THE MEANS. OH YES, THIS IS BETTER. WE ARE FAVOURED TO WIN GOLD. BACK-TO-BACK GOLD ` HOW GOOD. NIVEN WINCHESTER'S A PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, AND HE JOINS US TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN. MORENA. THIS IS ` I DON'T KNOW ` A BIT OF FUN, ISN'T IT? TELL US ABOUT THE ALGORITHM. THANK YOU FOR MEETING WITH ME. THIS I GREW THEM I HAVE BEEN USING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW. I USED IT FOR THE LAST THREE RUGBY WORLD CUP AND ALSO TUNED INTO SEVENTH RUGBY AS WELL. JUST TO POINT OUT WHEN WE SAY THAT SOME TEAMS ARE FAVOURITE TO WIN, ARGENTINA WAS THE FAVOURITE THIS YEAR. THEY HAVE A 28% CHANCE OF WINNING. THAT MEANS THERE IS A 72% CHANCE THAT SOMEONE ELSE WILL WIN. THE FAVOURITES DON'T ALWAYS WIN, BUT THEY ARE THE MOST LIKELY TEAM TO AN. TO WIN* YOU USED AT THE LAST THREE WORLD CUP, HOW GOOD WERE THE PREDICTIONS? THEY WERE VERY GOOD. THERE ARE TWO TESTS YOU CAN DO TO TEST HOW THE ALGORITHM IS PERFORMING ` DO THE OUTCOMES OCCUR AT THE RATE EXPECTED? FOR EXAMPLE, IN GAMES, IF WE LOOK AT THE OPENING GAMES OF THE SEVENS THIS MORNING, WE HAD AUSTRALIA VERSUS SAMOA, AND THAT HAD AUSTRALIA FAVOURED BY SEVEN POINTS. THAT SHOULD MEAN AUSTRALIA WINS THE GAME 70% OF THE TIME. WHEN WE GO BACK A LOT OF TIMES AND SAY, LET ME GET THOSE MATCH UPS, AND ONE TEAM IS FAVOURED TO WIN 70% OF THE TIME, DO THEY ACTUALLY WIN THAT MUCH? THAT IS A CALIBRATION TEST. THE OTHER THING I LIKE IS TO RUN IT AGAINST BETTING MARKETS AND SEE HOW IT GOES AGAINST PEOPLE WHO ARE PUTTING MONEY BEHIND THEIR PREDICTION. IN THE LAST WORLD CUP, IT HAS OUTPERFORMED THE BETTING MARKETS IN TERMS OF MORE WINS BY FAVOURITES. WE HAVE ACTUALLY RUN OUT OF TIME. I WISH WE HAD MORE TIME, BECAUSE I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT` QUICKLY, PROBABILITY FOR MEDALS ` HAVE YOU DONE THAT ONE? WE ESTIMATE THE PROBABILITY FOR GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE. THE ALL BLACKS MEANS SEVENTH HAVE A 10% CHANCE OF GETTING THE GOLD. THAT HAS INCREASED SLIGHTLY WITH THE TWO WINS TO 11%. THE WOMEN ARE THE FAVOURITES. I DON'T HAVE ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT IT IS 30 SOMEWHERE. THERE IS A CHANCE THAT ONE OF THOSE OTHER TEAMS MIGHT SNEAK IN AND TAKE IT AS WELL. PROF OF ECONOMICS AT AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. SO GOOD. HOW LONG WOULD THEY HAVE TAKEN? THANK YOU FOR WATCHING. WE WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW. CAPTIONS BY FRANK GORE, JULIE TAYLOR, KITTY WASASALA AND COURTNEY SOLE. CAPTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE SUPPORT OF NZ ON AIR. WWW.ABLE.CO.NZ COPYRIGHT ABLE 2024